Edwin HUXTABLE

HUXTABLE, Edwin

Service Number: 227
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born: Not yet discovered
Home Town: South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 227, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Mar 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 227, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
21 Jun 1901: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 227, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 & 471 (now ranked Sergeant) notes 3rd QMI embarked at Cape Town 9 May 1901 returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Edwin Huxtable served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service as a Private (rising to rank of Sergeant) S.N. 227 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, and second as a Private S.N. 616 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Newspaper report on 16 May 1902 notes Huxtable remained in South Africa for service when the rest of the 6th QIB returned to Australia and were disbanded 23 Jun 1902, with no date available for Huxtable's return and discharge. (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray, p. 471 & 518; The Brisbane Courier, 13 May 1902, p. 8).

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