Frederick Henry SEARLE

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SEARLE, Frederick Henry

Service Numbers:	88, 677, 492
Enlisted:	28 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 22 November 1877
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia., 8 June 1956, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland General - Section - RSS Grave No: B1095
Memorials:	Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 88, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 677
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 88, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
20 Jun 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 88, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Invalided and returned to Australia arriving Brisbane 20 Jun 1901 and discharged.
26 Sep 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 677, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes the 2nd Draft of the 6th QIB embarked at Sydney 26 Sep 1901 aboard Harlech Castle arriving Cape Town 26 Oct 1901.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 677, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 492, 9th Infantry Battalion
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 492, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 492, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 492, 9th Infantry Battalion, Invalided due to Rheumatism embarking 7 Nov 1915 returning to Australia aboard HT Runic, discharged at Brisbane 22 Feb 1915

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Frederick Henry Searle served twice in the South African (Boer) War and then elisted and served again in WW1.

He first served as a Private S.N. 88 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. His second service was as a Private S.N. 677 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. With the outbreak of WW1 he enlisted again in 1914 serving as a Private S.N. 492 in the 9th Infantry Battalion AIF at Gallipoli.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 481 & 519; National Archives Australia- WW1 service records).

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