CORDINGLEY, Frank
| Service Number: | 28 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, 8 January 1882 |
| Home Town: | Park Ridge, Logan, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper, Grocer |
| Died: | Northampton, Western Australia, Australia, 11 January 1970, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens-Garden 4B-0098 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 28, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 57, notes promoted to Corporal 4 Mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 28, 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. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 28, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
His brother John William Cordingley (S.N. 1887 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse) also served in the South African (Boer) War.
When Frank Cordingley 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 father J. C. Cordingley, Park Ridge. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 57, it is noted part of his pay was directed to a joint account held with Ann Cordingley.
Frank Cordingley was born on 8 Jan 1882 at Bradford, Yorkshire, England, a son to Joseph Cordingley and Ann Cordingley (nee Brown). After his discharge from the 5th QIB he made his way to Western Australia where he was residing in 1903.
He married Lavinia Jane Claridge in 1916 at Leederville, W.A., and they had 3 children. When the notice for the birth of their first child in 1917 was published in the West Australian, 20 Dec 1917, it contained a request for Queensland papers to copy. They resided in the Pilbara region, including at Nullagine, where he was a storekeeper and grocer.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 494; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 57; Wikitree- family genealogy entry).
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