GALLAWAY, William
| Service Number: | 252 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Morningside, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Iron Worker |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 252, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 252, 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, 252, 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, Private S.N. 613, 7th Infantry Battalion AIF.
When he enlisted for the South African (Boer) War his surname was transcribed variously as Callway, Gallaway and Callaway dependant on the document being reviewed.
When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB his details were published (under the name William Callway) with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father W. Callway, Fortitude Valley. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 99, he is entered as William Callaway, with an address at Morningside. When he returned with the 5th QIB from South Africa aboard the SS St Andrew in Apr 1902 he was published in the list of soldiers aboard in The Brisbane Courier, 22 Apr 1902, as 252, Wm. Callaway.
He enlisted in 1914 for WW1 under the name William Callaway. On his Attestation Paper dated 19 Aug 1914 he noted; he was born at South Melbourne and was 36 years 2 months old; he worked as an Iron Worker; he was married to Esther Callaway with no children and living at Kensington, Melbourne; and he had previously served in South Africa.
Though he embarked in Oct 1914 it was not long after that he was declared medically unfit and returned to Australia in Mar 1915 for discharge. It appears he then enlisted for the Citizen (Home) Forces and on that Attestation Paper, on p. 5 of his service records, he provided the additional information of his date of birth as 14 Jun 1881, and that he had previously served for 12 months in South Africa with the 5th QIB.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 99; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record; various newspaper articles, see links).
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