Andrew Darling FRUS

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FRUS, Andrew Darling

Service Number:	466
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 December 1879
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 August 1952, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Portion 29 Section 27 Grave Number 10
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 466, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 466, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 466, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Surname incorrectly recorded as Frus on nominal rolls, correct surname Friis. Full name (Andrew) Andrea Darling Friis.

When Andrew Darling Frus (Friis) enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. O. H. Frus, Sacristan County, Durham, England. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 131, the correct spelling of his surname Friis is used.

(Andrew) Andrea Darling Friis was born on 21 Dec 1879 at Brisbane, a son to Ole Hojland Friis and Hansine Frederikke Friis (nee Wittendarff). He married Ellen Lindsay on 17 Dec 1902 in Queensland and they had 4 children. When he passed in 1952 his funeral notice, under the name of Andrew Darling Friis, included a request for members of the South African War Veterans Association to attend.

(AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 131).

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