Charles Henry MASLEN

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MASLEN, Charles Henry

Service Number:	335
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	1880, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Night Watchman
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 August 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 5, Section 8
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 335, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 335, 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.
13 Mar 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 335, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, Bk 3 p. 4, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Afric arriving Brisbane 6 Mar 1902, discharged 13 Mar 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Charles Henry Maslen 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 father Stephen Maslen, Ernest St, South Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 4, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. R. Maslen, Ernest St, South Brisbane.

Charles Henry Maslen was born about 1880 (possibly in England), a son to Stephen Maslen and Rose Emma Maslen (nee Durbridge). He was working as a night watchmen and living at Manning St, South Brisbane, when he passed in 1948).

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 4).

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