WARLOW, William
| Service Number: | 197 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, 1 January 1882 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hotel Licensee |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 25 February 1963, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 197, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 197, 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, 197, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When William Warlow 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 G. Warlow, East Brisbane.
He was born William Mathias Warlow on 1 Jan 1882 at Gloucestershire, England, a son to George Warlow and Elizabeth Warlow (nee Howell). He was three times married. He married Lillian Agnes Donaldson on 3 Sep 1903 in Queensland and they had 4 children before Lillian passed in Maryborough in 1914. He then married Matilda Madeline O'Connor on 20 Oct 15 at Lismore NSW and they had 3 children in Queensland before Matilda passed in 1932. He then married Irene Barbara Morgan-Thomas on 21 Jun 1949 in Queensland.
He was living at the Commercial Hotel in Maryborough, of which he was the licensee, when his first wife passed in 1914. He was later declared insolvent in Jun 1915.
(sources- AWM Bore War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 47; Australian Boer War Memorial- database bio).
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