Henry Williamson FENNER

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FENNER, Henry Williamson

Service Number:	338
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 29 May 1876
Home Town:	Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 4 June 1915, aged 39 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Plot: Methodist Uniting Church B, Grave number A246
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 338, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 338, 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, 338, 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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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Retuned to Australia from South Africa by the transport 'Devon' 17 June 1902.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Henry Williamson Fenner enlisted in 1901 and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. H. W. Fenner, Warren St, Valley. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 120, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. I. Fenner, Warren St, Valley.

Henry Williamson Fenner (registered as Henry William Fenner) was born on 29 May 1876 in Queensland, a son to Henry Fenner and Isabella Nesbitt Fenner (nee Clarke). He married Mary Jane Goodfellow on 31 Dec 1909 in Queensland.

(source- Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 120).

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