BOURNE, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 83 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1899, Volunteered at Allora, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Hendon, Queensland, 28 December 1878 |
| Home Town: | Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Crown land ranger |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 2 March 1972, aged 93 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 83, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 13 Oct 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 83, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Volunteered at Allora, Queensland | |
| 14 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 83, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 83, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, "A" Company, s.s. Cornwall, Pinkenba (Brisbane) | |
| 31 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 83, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Disembarked at Brisbane on steamer Damascus after being invalided home due to enteric fever on 23 January 1901 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
'QUEENSLAND TELEGRAMS.
ALLORA, October 18.
The following members of the Allora detachment from G Company passed the medical examination yesterday :- J. Banks, C. Bourne, J. Burge, A. Cameron, G. Hutton, T. Kennedy, S. Washbourne, W. Stewart, R. Stewart, R. Thompson, and A. White. The men were complimented by Captain Chauvel, when on parade, for their smart appearance. A complimentary banquet tendered to the troops by the citizens of Allora will take place to-night.' from The Brisbane Courier 19 Oct 1899 (nla.gov.au)
'COUNTRY VOLUNTEERS.
CUNNAMULLA, October 18.
Mr. C. H. Bourne, Crown Land Ranger for the past five years, has resigned, and left by to-days mail train to report to headquarters for duty with the remount unit and otherwise. He has had previous experience as a volunteer and also service in the Boer war.' from The Brisbane Courier 19 Oct 1915 (nla.gov.au)
'PUBLIC NOTICES.
2ND REMOUNT UNIT, A.I.F.
60 PERSONNEL, including Ten Shoelng-smlths, are required for the
above Unit; age, between 40 and 50.
Apply, personally, to Remount Unit Office, Victoria Barracks.
C. H. BOURNE, Lieut.,
For C.O., 2nd Remount Unit.' from Daily Standard 5 Nov 1915 (nla.gov.au)
'PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr Charles Bourne, Brookes-street, Valley, has received word that his youngest son, Driver George Bourne, was admitted to Norwich Hospital on January 4, suffering from the effects of shell shock. Another son, Corporal A. E. Bourne, Imperial Camel Corps, is in hospital suffering from wounds received in Palestine on November 11. Mr Bourne has two other sons at the Front - Corporal H. Bourne, A.A.M.C., who was slightly wounded at Gallipoli and is somewhere in France and Lieutenant C. H. Bourne, of the Remount Unit, who has been in Egypt for the past two years. Another son, Captain J. F. Bourne, has successfully passed through the officers' training school at Duntroon and is waiting an appointment in the A.I.F.' from The Brisbane Courier 21 Jan 1918 (nla.gov.au)
'PERSONAL NOTES.
Mrs. C. H. Bourne, of Jeays-street, Bowen Hills, has received a cablegram from Egypt, intimating that her husband Captain C. H. Bourne, has been promoted to the rank of Major. Major Bourne served through the Boer War in South Africa with the first Queensland Contingent, and enlisted in the A.I.F. as lieutenant in 1915. He is the eldest son of Mr. C. Bourne, Brookes-street, and is a native of Allora, and one of five brothers in the A.I.F.' from The Brisbane Courier 6 Jun 1918 (nla.gov.au)
'Longreach Items.
Mr. C. H. Bourne, who succeeds Mr. J. D. Kidd as Crown Lands Ranger here, arrived on Monday night, and has taken up his duties. Mr. Bourne held the rank of Colonel in the late war, and went through the fighting in Egypt.' from The Western Champion and General Advertiser for the Central-Western Districts 10 Jan 1920 (nla.gov.au)
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