LITTLE, Samuel
| Service Number: | 108 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Westwood- Queensland Australia, 10 August 1872 |
| Home Town: | Westwood, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 9 September 1924, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Morgan Cemetery Plot: PRESBYTERIAN Sec 1 Row M Grave Tablet FF95 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 108 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 108, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 108, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Isaac Samuel Little was born on 10 Aug 1872 at Westwood near Rockhampton, Queensland, a son to Robert Little and Jane Little (nee Wiggins).
He served in both the South Afican (Boer) War and WW1. In his first service he enlisted as Samuel Little (N.O.K. mother Mrs. R Little, Westwood, Qld) as a Private S.N. 108 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. In his second service he enlisted under his full name (N.O.K. mother Mrs. Jane Little, Westwood, Qld) as a Private S.N. 2148 in the 4th Pioneer Battalion AIF, WW1. On his WW1 Attestation Paper he noted his previous service in the Boer War.
He lived his life in the Westwood and Mount Morgan areas, near Rockhampton, where undertook the occupation of grazier.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 512; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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