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CHISHOLM, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 460 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 460, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 460, 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. | |
| 18 Oct 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 460, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 125, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Afric arriving Brisbane 11 Oct 1901, discharged 18 Oct 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Robert Chisholm enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. H. Chisholm, Sacristan, County of Durham, England. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 125, his address after discharge is noted as Toowoomba.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 125).
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