WHITESIDE, Andrew
| Service Number: | 451 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Blantyre, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Newstead, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 26 January 1971, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Proston General Cemetery, Qld Plot: New Methodist & Presbyterian Section, Row B, #4 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 451, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 451, 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, 451, 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 Andrew Whiteside 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 Miss F. Peherdy, Breakfast Creek Rd, Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 117, it is noted he directed part of his pay to Miss Florence R. Peberdy, Breakfast Creek Rd, Newstead.
Andrew Whiteside was born in 1878 in Blantyre, Scotland, a son to Andrew Whiteside and Elizabeth Whiteside (nee Chalmers). He married Florence Rebekah Peberdy on 1 Mar 1901 in Queensland and they made their home in the farming town of Proston and had 6 children.
When he enlisted in the 5th QIB they had not yet married with their marriage occuring on 1 Mar 1901, a few days before Andrew embarked for South Africa on 6 Mar 1901. Their wedding notice was published in The Telegraph (Brisb) and noted that Andrew was the son of the late Andrew Whiteside of Blantyre, Scotland, and Florence (Florrie) was the daughter of the late Henry Peberdy, of Leicester, England.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 117).
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