WHITE, Colin
| Service Number: | 345 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Isisford, Longreach, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Isisford, Queensland, Australia, 13 September 1929, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Isisford Cemetery, Longreach Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 345, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 345, 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, 345, 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 Colin Wright 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 sister K. White, Beanly P.O., Inverness, Scotland. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 3 p. 12, it is noted he gave his address as Isisford.
When he passed in 1929 at Isisford Hospital, Isisford, an obituray was published in The Morning Bulletin, 2 Oct 1929, noting he was and old resident of Isisford and a South African war veteran.
Colin White was born in Scotland in 1867 in the district of Kilmorack, a son to Colin White and Annie White (nee Finlayson).
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 12; Obituary- The Morning Bulletin, 2 Oct 1929).
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