WIGHTMAN, William Alexander
| Service Number: | 20 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 6 March 1880 |
| Home Town: | Gundiah, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Licensed Victualler |
| Died: | Gundiah, Queensland, Australia, 9 October 1911, aged 31 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tiaro Cemetery, Qld Plot 182 |
| Memorials: | Allora Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 20, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks Bk 1, p. 49, notes promoted to Corporal 4 Mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 20, 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, Corporal, 20, 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 Alexander Wightman 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 John Wightman, Allora.
William Alexander Wightman was born on 6 Mar 1880 in Queensland, a son to John Wightman and Mary Wightman (nee McMillan). He married Bertha Bauer on 6 Feb 1906 in Queensland. Bertha had been previously married with 5 children and at the time of their marriage was the Licensed Victualler for the Prince Alfred Hotel at Gundiah. The hotel was owned by her first husband Benedict Bauer who passed in 1904. William and Bertha held the license for, and lived at, the hotel throughout their marriage with William predeceasing Bertha in 1911.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 493; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 1, p. 49).
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