FLATTLEY, William Forrest
| Service Number: | 312 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Merbein, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Victoria, Australia, 1 October 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Merbein Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 312 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 312, 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. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When William Forrest Flattley enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Aug 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as J. Flattley, Brunswick Melbourne. In the original Nominal Roll for the 6th QIB, held by National Archives Australia, his N.O.K. is noted as his father J. Flattley, Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic.
He was born William Forrester Flattley in 1879 at Fitzroy, Melbourne, a son to James Flattley and Elizabeth (Eliza) Flattley (nee Aldwell). He married Sarah Beatrice Hauptfleisch on 7 Aug 1914 at St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, and they resided in Merbein near Mildura, Victoria. His wife Sarah was born in Western Cape, South Africa.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5)
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