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WINNIETT, Chard Massey
Personal Details
Service Number: | 54 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
Born: | Queensland, Australia, 22 February 1862 |
Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 15 February 1911, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Portion 1 - 112 - 13. |
Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 54, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 54, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 54, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Chard Massey Winniett served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 54 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, second as a Private S.N. 683 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468 & 519).