Harris WADSWORTH

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WADSWORTH, Harris

Service Number:	46
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 46
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 46, 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.
30 Oct 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 46, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 62, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Afric arriving Brisbane 11 Oct 1901, discharged 30 Oct 1901 following release from hospital.

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

NOK Eli WADSWROTH, Harleston, Northampton, England

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Harris Wadsworth 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 Eli Wadsworth, Harleston, Northampton, England. In the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. was recorded as his father Eli Wadsworth.

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