RUNGE, Christian
| Service Number: | 104 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 25 December 1876 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 19 July 1957, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 104, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 11 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 104, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 104, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes 1st QMI embarked 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 17 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Christian was the 4th of 7 children of Carl Freidrich Wilhelm Runge (immigrated from Germany to Ipswich, QLD in 1865( and Wilhelmine Charlotte Spann.
Christian was a Labourer in Ipswich QLD when he enlisted in the 1st QLD Mounted Infantry on 1 October 1899 in Brisbane QLD
Following his return from South Africa in 1901, Christian married Emma Esther Farrar in Ipswich, QLD and their first two children were born in Castlemaine, Victoria in 1902 and 1906.
By 1912, Christian and Esther were living in Ipswich, QLD where Christian worked as a Labourer, and by 1936 was a Garage Proprietor
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Note- while the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll compiled by Murray records him as Christian Runge his full name was Christian Friedrich Carl Runge noting he is recorded as C. F. C. Runge in his entry in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI.
When Christian Runge enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private C. Runge, single, c/- Miss E. Farrar, Woollen Factory, North Ipswich (he would marry Emma Farrar on his return from the war).
In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 98, it is noted he directed part of his pay to Mr. C. F. W. Runge (his father), Ebeneezer, via Rosewood. He served the full tour of the 1st QMI returning to Brisbane where he was discharged on 23 Jan 1901.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 452; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 98).
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