Alfred Noble CAVE

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CAVE, Alfred Noble

Service Number:	103
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1872
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Pretoria, South Africa, 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 103, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 103, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 103, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Alfred Noble Cave was born in Queensland (most likely Brisbane) on 2 Nov 1872, a son to William Cave and Harriet Susanna Cave (nee Lucas). At the time of his enlistment for the South African (Boer) War he noted he was single and his next of kin was his father William Cave, Rosalie, Queensland.

After returning from the war he married Annie Vincent Witty (date/location unknown). They later returned to South Africa where he had a water divining and borehole drilling business.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 481; BDM Qld birth registration)

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