RICHARDSON, William
| Service Number: | 380 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 18 December 1930, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Section: General-D5 Grave No: D908 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 380, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 380, 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. | |
| 11 Apr 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 380, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 47, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Athenic arriving Brisbane 4 Apr 1902, discharged 11 Apr 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Served in the South African (Boer) war and also served in WW1, Corporal S.N. 3268, 25th Infantry Battalion, AIF.
When William Richardson 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. T. Richardson, William St, Bundaberg.
When he enlisted again in 1915 for WW1 his Attestation Paper, dated 2 Jul 1915, noted that; he was born at Ibblestow, England, and was 41 years 6 months of age; he was married and a labourer; his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs, Elizabeth Ellen Richardson, Crofton St, Bundaberg; and he had previously served in South Africa.
William Richardson was born in about 1874 at Ibblestow (Hibaldstow), England, a son to Thomas Richardson and Martha Richardson (nee Holloway, note she remarried after Thomas passed to John Mathieson). William married Elizabeth Ellen Harrison on 19 May 1909 in Queensland and they had 2 children.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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