Charles Edward MITCHELL

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MITCHELL, Charles Edward

Service Number:	267
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	1876, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 May 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 30-11-20
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 267, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 267, 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.
25 May 1901:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 267, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499, notes wounded between Bethel and Standerton 25 May 1901.
16 Nov 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 267, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 114, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Aberdeen arriving Brisbane 13 Nov 1901, discharged 16 Nov 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Charles Edward Mitchell 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 mother Mrs. E. Mitchell, 36 Sicily St, Sydney.

Charles Edward Mitchell was born about 1876, a son to George Mitchell and Ellen Mitchell (nee Toward). He married Charlotte Ealing on 24 Dec 1902 in Queensland and they had 4 children. He was elected as a committee member of the African War Veterans' Association in Brisbane in 1932. He was last living at Commercial Road, Fortitude Valley, when he passed in 1951.

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