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STRONG, Charles Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 55 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 13 July 1876 |
| Home Town: | Yeerongpilly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, 17 July 1952, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 55, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 55, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 31 Mar 1900: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 55, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Battle of Sanna's Post , AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 454 notes dangerously wounded at Sanna's Post 31 Mar 1900. In 'Invalids form the war', The Queenslander, 2 Jun 1900, p. 1057 notes he was shot through the back with bullet passing through liver and stomach exiting below 5th rib. | |
| 7 Jul 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 55, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided due to gunshot wound returned to Australia aboard Moravian arriving Brisbane 1 Jun 1900, discharged 7 Jul 1900. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Charles Joseph Strong was born in Queensland on 13 Jul 1876, a son to James Strong and Margaret Ann Wandless Strong (nee Quinn).
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