LONGLAND, Walter
| Service Number: | 22 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 31 May 1877 |
| Home Town: | Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 13 August 1965, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Proserpine Cemetery, Qld OP11 Plot 1307 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 22, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 22, 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, 22, 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Walter Longland 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 D. Longland, Bulimba. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 51, it notes his address as Hughenden and postal address care of D. Longland, Rope Works, Woolloongabba. It appears this was his older brother David Longland who worked at the famous rope works where all manner of large ropes were made for the likes of shipping.
Walter Longland was born on 31 May 1877 in Queensland, a son to Jonathan Longland and Mary Longland (nee Stone). He married Lavinia Greenwood on 9 Aug 1911 in Queensland and they had 2 children.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 493; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 51; WikiTree- Longland genealogy).
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