BILLINGTON, Frederick Harrison
| Service Number: | 183 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Overseer |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 183, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 183, 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. | |
| 16 Nov 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 183, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk. 2, p. 33 notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Aberdeen arriving Brisbane 13 Nov 1901, discharged 16 Nov 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Frederick Harrison Billington enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his brother S. H. Billington, Primrose Club, St John's, London. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB held by Qld State Archives notes he was invalided and returned to Australia, discharged 16 Nov 1901.
It appears that he returned to South Africa and joined the Canadian Scouts in Durban on 28 Jan 1902, discharged 30 Jun 1902 as noted on angloboerwar.com based on records held by the National Archives UK.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 33; Angloboerwar.com- Canadian Scouts Nominal Roll).
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