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FALLIS, Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 65 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | 1873, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Chermside, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 December 1933, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: Church of England 3, Section 19A, Grave 84 |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 65, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 65, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 4 Aug 1900: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 65, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468 notes slightly wounded at Ottoshoop, East Rhodesia 4-16th Aug 1900 | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 65, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Richard Fallis served twice in the South African (Boer) War. Firs service was as a Private S.N. 65 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, second service was as a Private S.N. 626 in the 1st draft of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Newspaper report has him remaining in South Africa for further service when the remainder of the 6th QIB returned to Australia, his discharge date is assumed to be when unit was disbanded.
(source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468 & 518).
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