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BLACKFORD, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 154 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 22 February 1881 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Eagle Junction- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 January 1951, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 154 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 154, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 154, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Walter Gilmore Blackford was born on 22 Feb 1881 in Queensland, a son to William Blackford and Alice Blackford (nee Blacker). When he enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. A. Blackford, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane. He married Matilda Farr on 20 Apr 1908 in Queensland and they had 2 Children.
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