MICKLETHWAITE, Richard Spencer
| Service Number: | 343 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Winton, Winton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 343, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 343, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 343, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Richard Spencer Micklethwaite was born in Yorkshire, England. He emigrated to Australia and was living in Winton, Queensland when he first enlisted for the South African (Boer) War.
He would serve twice in the Boer War, first as a Private S.N. 343 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, second as a Private S.N. 689 in the 2nd Draft of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. It is unclear whether he was discharged from the 6th in South Africa, or returned there after discharge to take up employment as an Engineer in Pretoria. He applied for, and was granted approval, for repatriation from Pretoria to Melbourne in 1907.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 486 & 519; National Archives Australia- Boer War Veteran Repatriation File).
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