Harold Courteen SHERWOOD

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SHERWOOD, Harold Courteen

Service Number:	352
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 352
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 352, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
1 May 1901:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516, notes promoted to Corporal 1 May 1901.
12 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 352, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 133, notes returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Harold Courteen Sherwood enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published (under H. C. Sherwood) with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. E Sherwood, Enmore, Sydney. In the original Nominal Roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his mother Mrs E Sherwood, Enmore.

In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 133, his address is recorded as Geraldton, Johnstone River. When he was discharged in Brisbane in 1902 he was granted a pass to travel to Geraldton. Geraldton was renamed to Innisfail in 1910.

(source- Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 133).

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