HETHERINGTON, Cecil Somerville
| Service Number: | 349 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 15 March 1879 |
| Home Town: | Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 349, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 349, 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, 349, 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Cecil Somerville Hetherington was born in 1879 in Gladstone, a son to Alexander Hetherington and Edith Mary Hetherington (nee Fairfax). It appears that he served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service as a Private S.N. 349 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was with a South African force raised by Major F Von Steinaecker known as Steinaecker's Horse in which he served as a Trooper in the Special Squadron joining in Durban on 31 Jan 1902 and discharging at Pretoria on 15 Jul 1902.
After returning to Australia he married Margaret Shealds Jack on 9 Jul 1915 in Queensland.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 349; Anglo Boer War Database, Steinaecker's Horse nominal roll).
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