Henry Carrington CUDMORE

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CUDMORE, Henry Carrington

Service Number:	171
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	New South Wales, Australia, 6 December 1872
Home Town:	Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	1950, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kurow Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 171, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
8 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 171, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 171, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Henry Carrington Cudmore was born 6 Dec 1872 in New South Wales, a son to Daniel Henry Cashel Cudmore and Harriet Garrett Cudmore (nee Smedley).

He server twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 170 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Private S.N. 5906 in the 8th New Zealand Contingent.

When he enlisted in 1900 in the 4th Qld Contingent he was living in Queensland and noted his NOK contact details in New Zealand and that his father was living at Victor Harbour in South Aiustralia. It appears following his discharge he went to New Zealand and enlisted in the 8th New Zealand Contingent embarking in 1902.

He is reported as having married Maude Mary Munro in New Zealand. When he passed away in January 1950 he was a retired farmer living in Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483; New Zealand History Boer War Embarkation Database; New Zealand Civil Records Death Registration).

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