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KINGSLEY, Louis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 69 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Spring Hill, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 69, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 69, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 9 May 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 69, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 505 notes he enrolled in the 5th QIB while in South Africa, assumed discharge from 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 being the date the 3rd QMI embarked to return to Australia. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Louis Kingsley served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 69 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, econd as a Sergeant S.N. 545 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. It is noted on the nominal roll for his second service that he enrolled in the 5th QIB while in South Africa, it assumed he enrolled immediately after his service in the 3rd QMI ended and prior to the 3rd QMI embarking to return to Australia.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468, 504 & 505).
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