CRICHTON, Aubrey De Pree
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1900, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes enlisted 24 Apr 1900 and assigned as a Lieutenant in the 4th Queensland Contingent. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 29 January 1879 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 January 1969, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium: Wall 7, Sect. 43, Position 4 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant | |
| 24 Apr 1900: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes enlisted 24 Apr 1900 and assigned as a Lieutenant in the 4th Queensland Contingent. | |
| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes returner to Australia 5 Aug 1901, discharged 10 Aug 1901. AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 519, notes previously with the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. | |
| 26 Sep 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 & 519 notes part of 2nd Draft of 6th QIB that embarked at Sydney 26 Sep 1901 aboard Harlech Castle arriving Cape Town 26 Oct 1901. | |
| 14 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 114, notes returned to Australia aboard Norfolk arriving Brisbane 7 Aug 1902, discharged 14 Aug 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Aubrey De Pree Crichton enlisted in April 1900 and embarked for South Africa in May 1900 as a Lieutenant in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. When he returned to Australia and was discharged in August 1901 he was a Lieutenant with the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Information from National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier and AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 519.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Aubrey De Pree Crichton served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Lieutenant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Lieutenant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (2nd Draft).
When he joined the 4th QIB in 1900 and he was entered in the original nominal roll for the 4th Queensland Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. was recorded as his father Capt. Crichton, Albion House, New Sandgate Road, Clayfield. His father, Quartermaster-Captain Archibald Edward Crichton, also served in the 4th QIB. He served the full tour of the 4th QIB and was discharged in Brisbane on 10 Aug 1901.
Almost immediately he was selected as one of the officers (Lieutenant) of the 2nd Draft of the 6th QIB and embarked again for South Africa in Sep 1901. Every member of the draft, except one, had served previously in the 3rd or 4th contingents in South Africa, and were assembled as reinforcements for the 5th and 6th QIB contingents already in South Africa.
Men in the draft were not recorded in the original nominal roll for the 6th QIB but he is recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB (to which he was allotted), Bk 4 p. 114. When the 5th QIB returned to Australia it appears he remained in South Africa with Doyle's Australian Scouts with whom he was serving at the time. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 114, notes he returned to Australia aboard the Norfolk and was discharged in Brisbane on 14 Aug 1902.
Aubrey De Pree Crichton was born on 29 Jan 1879 in Queensland, a son to Archibald Edward Crichton and Mary Elizabeth Crichton (nee Blastock). He married Amy Mary Maddock on 15 Oct 1903 in Queensland and they had 6 children.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 479 & 519; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 4th Queensland Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 1; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 1st service; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 4th QIB, Bk 1 p. 15, and 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 114).
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