PRIDDLE, Charles
| Service Number: | 37 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Rolleston, Queensland, Australia, 4 December 1881 |
| Home Town: | Rolleston, Central Highlands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner, Explorer, Plantation Owner |
| Died: | Kerema, (British New Guinea) Papua New Guinea, 25 April 1925, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 37, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 37, 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, 37, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 494, notes severely wounded between Bethel and Standerton 25 May 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 37, 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 Charles Priddle 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 Joseph Priddle, Rolleston via Springsure.
Charles Priddle was born on 4 Dec 1881 at Rolleston, Queensland, a son to Joseph Priddle and Matilda Charlotte Louisa Priddle (nee Dolgner). He married Evelyn Maud Mahony reportedly in Queensland, however, BDM Qld online mariage register does not have a record. After he returned from the war he ventured to Papua New Guinea where he was involved in mining, mining exploration and plantation interests and it is possible his marriage occured in PNG.
His death was reported in obituary form in a number of Queensland newspapers some time after his death had occurred on 25 Apr 1925 at Kerema, PNG, where he was buried on his plantation. The following is a transcript of one of the newspaper reports.
Papuan Notes (death of Mr. C. Priddle)- The Cairns Post, 29 May 1925, p. 9
General surprise was expressed in town when the Valviri coming in from Vailala on April 29th brought word of the death of Mr. C. Priddle, which occured at Kerema on the previous Saturday. Mrs. Priddle had only arrived in Port on the previous Friday in the Vailala and had left her husband apparently in good health. The news of his death therefore came as a shock to her. Feeling ill on the Friday, he went to Mr. R. S. Moody's plantation at Huiva, and upon arriving there in the afternoon, collapsed, never regaining consciousness, passing away at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Deceased was buried at his own plantation that afternoon. The Government kindly placed the Minnetonka at the disposal of Mrs. Priddle, and she, accompanied by Mr. Moody, left for Kerema the day after receiving the news. Mr. Priddle was one of the early pioneers in the mining industry here, and his plantation was just showing satisfactory results. Mrs. Ashton, Mrs. Priddle's mother, arrived by the Morinda to go out to Kerema.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 494; newspaper articles- see links).
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