KING, Charles Frederick Victor
| Service Number: | 371 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 13 November 1873 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 371, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 38, notes promoted to Corporal on 4 Mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 371, 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. | |
| 20 Aug 1901: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette, 20 Aug 1901, p. 5497, notes Mentioned in Dispatches for action on 16 Jun 1901 when, along with Priv. Marmont, "Came from good cover and carried a wounded comrade to dressing station, 700 yards under fire". | |
| 26 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 371, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, notes discharged in South Africa on 26 Mar 1902 to take up employment there. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
BDM Qld birth register records him as Frederick Charles King.
When Charles Frederick Victor King 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. King, Bowen Terrace, Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 38, he is recorded as Frederick Charles Victor King and it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. S. J. King, Martin St., Bowen Terrace.
Frederick Charles Victor King was born on 13 Nov 1873 in Queensland, a son to James King and Sarah Jane King (nee Taylor). Newspaper reports in May 1902 indicate he was discharged in South Africa to take up employment there.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 38).
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