RUDD, Henry
| Service Number: | 498 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Staffordshire, England, 1856 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 July 1944, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Burial Date: 24/07/1944; Grave Location: 10-65-13, Portion 10/Section 65/Grave 13. |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 498, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 10 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 498, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB Draft embarked at Pinkenba 10 Mar 1901 aboard Chicago arriving Port Elizabeth 20 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 498, 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 Faithe Jones
Death of Boer War Veteran
Death claimed another Boer War veteran on Friday— Mr. Henry Rudd, who fought as a trooper with the 5th Q.I.B. in South Africa. He was born in Staffordshire. England. During recent months he lived at Kingsholme.
His funeral will take place on Monday morning to the Toowong Cemetery.
Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Date of Death: 21/07/1944 (QLD Death Register - Reg No: 1944/ 67186).
Private-Henry Rudd, SN-498, of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushman. Information regarding further details of his death and burial - visit these websites:
- Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages - Family History Research Service.
- Brisbane City Council Cemeteries Database [Grave Search Tool], Interment Record of Henry Rudd.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Henry Rudd enlisted in 1901, he was part of a draft of men established to follow, and embarked some four days after, the main 5th QIB contingent to South Africa. The men in the draft were not included in the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, but are included in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB held by Qld State Archives.
His photograph and details were published with the rank and file of the 5th QIB in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, where he nominated his N.O.K. as c/- M. Coleman, number 497, Fifth Contingent. Michael Coleman at the time of enlistment was living at Laidley where his parents, who had emigrated from England many years prior, had settled.
His funeral notice appearing in The Courier Mail, 24 Jul 1944, reports that he was also an 1880 Veteran indicating he had probably also served with British forces in the First Boer War 1880-1881.
Funeral Notice - The Courier Mail, 24 Jul 1944, p. 6.
Rudd- The relatives and Friends of the late Henry Rudd (5th Q.I.B., Boer War, and 1880 Veteran) are invited to attend his Funeral, to leave the Funeral Palour, 45 Adelaide St., City, This (Monday) Morning, at 10 o'clock, for the Toowong Cemetery. CANNON & CRIPPS LTD Funeral Directors.
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