WHITFORD, Frederick Charles
| Service Number: | 43 |
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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: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 43 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 43, 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. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 43, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
NOK Mrs A WHITFORD, Dalyell Road, Shoeburyness, England
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Frederick Charles Whitford 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. A. Whitford, Shoeburyness, England. In the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by Ntional Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as being his mother.
In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 61, there appears to have been some changes to where he was to be discharged. An initial entry indicated that his parents wished for him to be discharged in South Africa as his future residence would be in England, suggesting that is where he was born. It notes the Qld Premier had agreed to the request having issued before leaving (South Africa).
The Boer War Service Paybook entry contains an address in England c/- Ava Whitford, London, which was subsequently crossed out. The entry for his actual discharge indicates he sailed with the rest of the 6th QIB aboard Devon back to Australia and was discharged in Brisbane on 23 Jun 1902, after which he was granted a pass to travel to Toowoomba.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 511; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 1; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 61).
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