CALDWELL, Erskin James
| Service Number: | 3911 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 22 June 1873 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 16 June 1927, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Sect. CE 3 Row 4 Plot 7 |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3911, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3911, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3911, 47th Infantry Battalion, Shell Shock | |
| 23 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3911, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged medically unfit; chronic rheumatism and debility. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Erskine James Caldwell served twice in the South African (Boer) War and then again in WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 67 in the 3rd Queenlsand Mounted Infantry, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 629 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Newspaper report from May 1902 indicates he remained in South Africa for further service when his unit returned to Australia, his discharge is assumed to be the date the unit was disbanded.
He renlisted for WW1 in 1915 As a Private S.N. 3911 originally with the 15th Infantry Battalion, later transfering to the 47th Infantry Battalion.
He lived his life in the Toowoomba region, born there on 22 Jun 1873 a son to David Caldwell and Mary Ellen Caldwell (nee Davies). He worked in the area as a labourer passing away there in 1927.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p.468 & 518; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).