HENRICKSON, Frederick
| Service Number: | 35 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Denmark., 1877 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 9 July 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 35, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 35, 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, 35, 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. | |
| 29 Jul 1902: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 494, notes mentioned in Dispatches, London Gazette, 29 Jul 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Frederick Henrickson 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. A. Henrickson, Odense, Denmark. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 64, it notes his address after discharge as being at South Bundaberg.
Frederick Henrickson was born Frederick Christian Kampmann Henrickson in about 1877 in Denmark, a son to Frederick Christian Henrickson and Ansigne Henrickson (nee Kampmann). He married Mary Annie Lewty on 18 May 1904 in Queensland and they had 1 child.
Frederick played a major role in the formation of the Bundaberg branch of the South African War Veterans Association for which he served as the secretary for a number of years.
(AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 494; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 64; various newspaper articles- see links).
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