SINCLAIR, William Charles
| Service Number: | 347 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Molangool Station via Gin Gin, Queensland, Australia, 3 September 1879 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1952, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 347 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 347, 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. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 347, 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. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, S.N. 27943 Gunner/Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade AIF.
When William Charles Sinclair enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. W. C. Sinclair, Molangool via Gin Gin. In the original Nominal Roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is recorded his N.O.K. was his mother.
He enlisted again in 1915 for WW1 and on his Attestation Form, dated 23 Mar 1916, it is noted that; he was born at Molangool Station (Gin Gin) , was 36 years 4 months of age and was working as a labourer; he was married and his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs Mary Ann Sinclair, Bundaberg; and he had previously served in the 6th QIB in the Boer war.
William Charles Sinclair was born on 3 Sep 1879 at "Molangool Station" via Gin Gin, a son to Charles Sinclair and Ellen Sinclair (nee Brazier). He was twice married. He married Mary Ann Proctor Stallard on 16 Oct 1905 in Queensland. He later married Anna Clara Auguste Kopittke on 24 Jun 1935.
(source- AWM 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; National Archive Australia- WW1 service record).
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