BEDSOR, Arthur Daniel
| Service Number: | 140 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | PMG Dept. Line Inspector |
| Died: | Entrance North, New South Wales, Australia, 2 August 1951, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wamberal Cemetery, NSW Plot: Sect. Lwn 1 Row 2 Plot 32 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 140, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 140, 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, Private, 140, 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
Arthur Daniel Bedsor was born on 19 August 1883 at Brisbane, Queensland, a son to Seth Bedsor and Jane Bedsor (nee Fulton). When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs J. H. Bedsor, Maryborough.
He was twice married. He first married Elizabeth Mary Allen on 31 Oct 1905 in Queensland and they had 2 children. He married for a second time to Edith Eileen Bowden in 1933 at Tamworth New South Wales, and they also had 2 children. He lived in various NSW locations, Tamworth, North Sydney and The Entrance North and worked as a P.M.G. Dept. Line Inspector until he retired.
He served in the South African (Boer) War and again in WW2 (probably home duties). First service was as a Private S.N. 140, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second Service S.N. N318441 Australian Army, WW2, service record does not indicate rank or unit details. His WW2 enlistment Attestation Paper notes his previous Boer War service.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496; National Archives Australia- WW2 service record; Obituary and Death Notice, various newspapers see links).