BUTLER, Bedford
| Service Number: | 192 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 192, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 192, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 14 Mar 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 192, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Ranee arriving Brisbane 8 Mar 1901, discharged 14 Mar 1901 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Bedford Butler enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private B. Butler, widower, c/- Mr. E. Butler, Melbourne Street, Charters Towers. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 20, it is noted that, like a number of the men, he was seconded to the South African Police between 19 Jun 1900 and 10 Dec 1900.
The paybooks also note that he was attached to the 2nd QMI from 11 Dec 1900 indicating why he was not with the 1st QMI when they returned to Australia. The paybooks, unlike his discharge sheet on the Boer War Dossier, indicate he was not invalided from service when he returned to Brisbane where he was discharged 14 Mar 1901. His address post discharge was noted in the paybooks as the Prince of Wales Hotel, Mossman St, Charters Towers.
Report in The Evening Telegraph (Charters Towers), 14 Oct 1910, on the opening of the Lissner Park Memorial Kiosk (Boer War Memorial) notes his name is included on the marble tablet containing names of men from Charters Towers who served in the 1st QMI.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murrsy p. 452; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 20).
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