Charles Samuel RAPP

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RAPP, Charles Samuel

Service Number:	141
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 22 January 1867
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Johannesburg, South Africa., 17 February 1951, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 141, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 141, 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 Nov 1901:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Q;d State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB p. 168 notes promoted to Corporal 5 Nov 1901.
26 Mar 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 141, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks p. 168 notes discharged in South Africa on 26 Mar 1902 in order to take up employment in South Africa.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Charles Daniel Rapp was born on 22 Jan 1867 at Hobart, Tasmania, a son to George Rapp and Esther Rapp (nee Jackson). When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs Esther Rapp, Hobart, Tasmania.

Newspaper reports and Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB notes he was discharged in South Africa 26 Mar 1902 in order to take up employment there.

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