Albert Alfred WAGNER

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WAGNER, Albert Alfred

Service Number:	389
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 21 October 1883
Home Town:	Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 October 1956, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 7-17-4
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 389, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 389, 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.
13 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 389, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 56, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Britannic arriving Brisbane 6 Aug 1901, discharged 13 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Albert Alfred Wagner 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 A. Wagner, Rawlings St, Kangaroo Point.

Albert Alfred Wagner was born on 21 Oct 1883 in Queensland, a son to Albert Wagner and Anna Elizabeth Wagner (nee Modrow). He married Sarah Eleanor Maguire on 13 Apr 1914 in Queensland and they had 6 chilldren while residing at Kangaroo Point.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 56).

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