CULLEN, Charles Joseph
| Service Number: | 279 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrician's Assistant |
| Died: | Carcinoma of Stomach and debility, Fitzroy, Melbourne- Victoria, Australia, 13 August 1922 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 279 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 279, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 28 Apr 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515, notes promoted to Corporal on 28 Apr 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 279, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, Private S.N. 1334, 8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF.
When Charles Joseph Cullen enlisted for the South African (Boer) War in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as C. Cullen, Hamilton. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 69, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. R. Cullen, William St, Hamilton.
Charles Joseph Cullen was born in 1877 at Liverpool, England, a son to Charles Cullen and Rose Cullen (nee Gracey). At the age of 11 he emigrated to Queensland with his parents and 4 siblings aboard the Jumna arriving at Brisbane on 12 Dec 1889. Sometime after his discharge in Brisbane from the 6th QIB he made his way to Victoria, where he married Margaret Ann Sheldon-Collins in 1907 and they had 3 children residing at Tarnagulla and Fitzroy.
When he enlisted for WW1 he noted on his Attestation Form dated 7 Sep 1915 that; he was born at Liverpool, England, and was 38 years 3 months old; he was an Electrician's Assistant; his N.O.K. was his wife Margaret Ann Cullen, Spring Hill, Tarnagulla; and he had previously served in South Africa. In his bio on the Australian Boer War Memorial database it is noted that following his return from WW1 the family lived in Fitzroy.
Death Notice- The Age (Melb), 14 Aug 1922, p. 1
Cullen- On the 13th of August, at his residence, No. 48 Palmer street, Fitzroy, Charles Joseph Cullen, formerly of the 8th Light Horse, and late of Tarnagulla, the dearly beloved husband of Margaret Ann Cullen, loving father of Charles John, Mrs. R. (??) and Frank, loved son of Rose and the late Charles Cullen of Brisbane, aged 46 years. May his soul rest in peace.
(Sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 69; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record; Australian Boer War Memorial- database bio).
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