TIBBETTS, Frederick Richard
| Service Number: | 216 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 30 October 1880 |
| Home Town: | Injune, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 August 1961, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 216, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 216, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 12 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 216, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 63, notes remained in hospital when 5th returned, then returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Frederick Richard Dykes enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father J. W. Tibbetts, Ryan, NSW.
He was born Frederick Dykes on 30 Oct 1880 in Sydney, NSW, a son to Janet Dykes. When he was 2 years old his mother married James William Tibbetts in 1882 at Ryde, NSW. He married twice in Queensland. On 15 Jul 1903 he married Mary Elizabeth Bell and they had 4 children before Mary passed in 1940. Then on 27 Oct 1945 he married Lillian May Mortimer.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2 p. 63).
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