Charles John EDMONDS

Charles John EDMONDS Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

EDMONDS, Charles John

Service Number:	280
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Binalong, New South Wales, Australia, 1864
Home Town:	Roma, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Roma, Queensland, Australia, 14 June 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Roma General Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 280
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 280, 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.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 280, 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.

Help us honour Charles John Edmonds's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Charles John Edmonds enlisted 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 J. W. Edmonds, Tanilba, Waverley, Sydney. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 70, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his brother Mr. J. R. W. Edmonds, Mt Abundance, Roma.

Charles John Edmonds was born in 1864 at Binalong, NSW, a son to John Windeyer Edmonds and Mary Jane Edmonds (nee Ballard). He married Louisa Wieneke Maclellan on 26 Dec 1909 and they resided at Roma where they had 2 children.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 70; Obituary- The Western Star, 15 Jun 1954).

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia