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WILLING, Justin William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 158 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman |
| Born: | Condah, Victoria, Australia, 7 July 1880 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chemist (Hood & Company, Elizabeth St, Melbourne) |
| Died: | 17 C Rietfontein, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 29 September 1954, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 158 | |
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| 1 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 158, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Embarked from Melbourne on the SS Victorian. Then Disembarked at Beira in East Africa on 23 May 1900 to entrain to Rhodesia. | |
| 22 Apr 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 158, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Rode half a mile under Boer fire with Medical Officer, Captain Sturdee to reach wounded men near a Middlewater donga. | |
| 9 Jul 1901: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette for deed on 22 April 1901. |
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