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MICKLETHWAITE, Richard Spencer
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 343 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Winton, Winton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Richard Spencer Micklethwaite was born in Yorkshire, England. He emigrated to Australia and was living in Winton, Queensland when he first enlisted for the South African (Boer) War.
He would serve twice in the Boer War, first as a Private S.N. 343 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, second as a Private S.N. 689 in the 2nd Draft of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. It is unclear whether he was discharged from the 6th in South Africa, or returned there after discharge to take up employment as an Engineer in Pretoria. He applied for, and was granted approval, for repatriation from Pretoria to Melbourne in 1907.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 486 & 519; National Archives Australia- Boer War Veteran Repatriation File).
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