Henry John BOXALL

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BOXALL, Henry John

Service Number:	783
Enlisted:	12 January 1901
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1870
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Middelburg area , South Africa, 17 April 1901, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Old Middelburg Municipal Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Melbourne - 5th Contingent Victorian Mounted Rifles

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 783
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 783, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
12 Jan 1901:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 783, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
15 Feb 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 783, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
17 Apr 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 783, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Posted MIA. Then confirmed KIA by a Military Court of Inquiry.

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Biography

5th Victorian Mounted Rifles

Biography contributed by Maurice Kissane

Henry Boxall was born in 1870 in the small township of Moliagul, 200 km Northwest of Melbourne. He was the son of Charles and Fannie Boxall (nee O'Flaherty).

He was a clerk residing in Albert Park when he enlisted to fight for Queen and Empire. Henry had served as a soldier of the Queen for a mere ten days prior to the death of HM Queen Victoria. Following the Accession, Henry automatically became a soldier of HM King Edward VII.

Australia had been Federated for less than two weeks before he enlisted. The Colony of Victoria in which he was born and raised became one of the six Federated States, forming the new Commonwealth of Australia.

Henry was promoted to Lance Corporal on 30 March 1901. He was posted MIA. Henry was later confirmed to have been KIA on 17 April 1901. Following a Military Court of Inquiry. His medal entilement is the QSA. Lest We Forgot.

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