WARING, William
| Service Number: | 297 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 297 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 297, 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. | |
| 14 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 297, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 86, notes returned to Australia aboard Palomino arriving Brisbane 7 Aug 1902, discharged 14 Aug 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When William Waring 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 Mrs. J. Struthers, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. On the original nominal roll for the 6th QIB Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, held by National Archives Australia, it notes his N.O.K. as his sister, Mrs. J. Struthers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
He returned to Australia and was discharged at Brisbane on 14 Aug 1902. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 86, note that after discharge he was provided with a pass to travel to Mackay on the SS Innamincka on 19 Aug 1902.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; National Archives Australi B 5172 Nominal Roll 6th QIB Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, bk 2 p. 86).
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