Leonard Wallace KING

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KING, Leonard Wallace

Service Number:	299
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Christchurch, New Zealand, 1874
Home Town:	Mount Chalmers, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 16 January 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Plot: METHODIST Sec 4 Row 19 Grave No 38
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 299, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 299, 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, 299, 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

Also served in WW1, Sapper S.N. 3317, No. 4 Tunnelling Company, AIF.

When Leonard Wallace 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 sister L. M. King (Lillian Mary Fullerton King), East St, Ashburton, New Zealand.

Leonard Wallace King was born in 1874 at Christchurch, New Zealand, a son to Thomas Fullerton King and Louisa Jane King (nee Robinson). He married Edith Harriet Lacey on 31 Jul 1907 in Queensland and they had 2 children.

He enlisted again in 1915 for WW1 and on his Attestation Form dated 22 Oct 1915 he noted; he was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and was 42 years 10 months of age; he worked as an engine driver; he was married to Mrs. Edith Harriet King living at Mount Chalmers; and he had previously served in the Boer War with the Imperial Bushmen.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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