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RUNGE , Christian
Personal Details
| 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 |
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Service History
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 |
Personal Stories
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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
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