BAUMANN, Carl William August
| Service Number: | 314 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Balfanz, Germany, 20 January 1873 |
| Home Town: | Vernor, Somerset, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Victoria, Australia, 20 October 1959, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden Of Remembrance 3 Wall Niches, Section 1, Side S/Row 4, Niche 12 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Warrant Officer II, 314, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 314, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 314, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Carl William August Baumann enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father F. Baumann, Vernor, Esk Line (via Lowood). In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 27, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his father Mr. F. Baumann, Lowood.
Immediately prior to his enlistment he was serving as a Colour Sergeant on the permanent staff of the Queensland Defence Force and was appointed as a Company Sergeant Major with the 5th QIB for service in South Africa.
Carl William August Baumann was born on 20 Jan 1873 at Balfanz, Germany, a son to Johan Friederick Wilhelm Baumann and Mathilda Baumann (nee Schrann). He came to Queensland with his parents and siblings and was natualised as a British Subject on 23 Aug 1900 in Brisbane. He married Jessie Catherine Cheffins on 18 Dec 1905 and resided at Bowen where he was serving on permanent staff of the Qld/Commonwealth Defence Force, and by 1907 he was serving at Roma.
In 1911 he was serving as permanent staff with the Commonwealth Military Forces when he transferred to Victoria and was living at Moonee Ponds when he applied for a commission in 1916 for WW1. It appears however, he was retained on permanent staff in Australia in The Australian Instructional Corps. He retired on 20 Jan 1933 at the rank of S.R.S.M. Warrant Officer Class 1 having reached 60 years of age.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 27; National Archives Australia- Military Officer's Service Record).
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