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WILDIE, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 190 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | 1874, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 190, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 190, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes the 4th Contingent embarked 19 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving at Beira 14 June 1900. | |
| 18 Mar 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 190, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided due to Rheumatism returned to Australia aboard Chicago arriving Brisbane 9 Mar 1900, discharged 18 Mar 1900. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Walter Hunter Wildie was born around 1874 (possibly in New Zealand), a son to George Hunter Wildie and Francis Wildie. When he enlisted in 1899 for the South African (Boer) War he noted his N,O.K as his father who was a Stock and Station Agent in Cunnamulla, Queensland. He married Rose Hennessy on 12 Dec 1901 in Queensland and they had four children. Its unknown when they moved to New South Wales where he passed away in 1948, however, his wife passed away in 1971 in Queensland.
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