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Full name was Arthur Henry Twisden Bedford, and also went by the name Arthur Henry Twisden-Bedford.

When Arthur Bedford 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 C. T. Bedford, District Surveyor, Roma. In the original nominal roll of the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. was recorded as his father Cecil T. Bedford. In the Boer War Service Paybooks of the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 113, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. E. Bedford, Allora.

Arthur Henry Twisden Bedford was born on 29 Oct 1882 in Queensland, a son to Cecil Twisden Bedford and Caroline Kate Bedford (nee Watson). His mother Caroline pased in 1894, and his father remarried in 1895 to Esther Elizabeth Watson. His father was a well known Government Surveyor in western Queensland and beyond, and collaborated with the South Australian Government Surveyor to accurately survey the border between the two states.

Arthur Henry Twisden-Bedford married Isabel (Isabella) Leith Livingstone, its assumed in Queensland, and they had 4 children. They lived in the western Downs region and western Queensland including at Stanthorpe, Barcaldine and Roma where Arthur worked as a valuer and agricultural bank inspector and were last residing at Toowong in Brisbane.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 7; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 113).