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WALDEN, Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 147 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 23 December 1879 |
| Home Town: | Highgate Hill, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 January 1952, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Plot: K |
| Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 147, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 147, 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. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 147, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB notes returned to Australia aboard Columbian arriving Brisbane 15 May 1902 having been discharged 5 May 1902 when unit was disbanded. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Charles Ernest Walden was born on 23 Dec 1879 in Queensland, a son to Thomas Walden and Eliza Walden (nee Howard). When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB he noted his N.O.K. as his father Thomas Walden at Woolloongabba. He married Elizabeth Albertina Berry and they had 2 children.
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