Charles Keith Elphinstone WOODS

WOODS, Charles Keith Elphinstone

    Service Number: 187
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    Born: Queensland, Australia, 16 April 1878
    Home Town: Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 September 1956, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 187, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    4 Mar 1901: Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 37, notes promoted to Corporal 4 Mar 1901.
    6 Mar 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 187, 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.
    1 Jul 1901: Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497 notes promoted to Sergeant 1 Jul 1901.
    5 May 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 187, 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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    Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

    When Charles Keith Elphinstone Woods enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs Woods, Indooroopilly.

    Charles Keith Elphinstone Woods was born on 16 Apr 1878 in Queensland, a son to Frederick Newton Woods and Johanna Woods (nee Finn). He married Lilian May Marston on 27 Oct 1903 in Queensland and they had 8 children.

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