REDHEAD, Reuben
| Service Number: | 379 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia, 12 November 1880 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner, Engine Driver, Cane Farmer |
| Died: | Proserpine, Queensland, Australia, 12 September 1923, aged 42 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Proserpine Cemetery, Qld Plot: OP7 Plot 211 Monumental Middle Section B |
| Memorials: | Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 379 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 379, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 13 Nov 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murra p. 517, notes promoted to Corporal 13 Nov 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 379, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
His older brother, Private Thomas Redhead S.N. 378, also served with him in the 6th QIB, Boer war.
When Reuben Redhead enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as J. Redhead, Indooroopilly. In the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his father. At the time of his enlistment he was living and working as a miner at Charters Towers.
Reuben Redhead was born on 12 Nov 1880 at Brisbane, a son to John Redhead and Mary Ann Redhead (nee Dallihoy). He married Margaret Jane Richardson on 25 Oct 1901 at the No. 2 Methodist Church, Charters Towers, and they had 5 children.
When he was discharged from Boer war service in Jun 1902 he returned to Charters Towers and re-engaged in mining and went on to earn his Engine Drivers ticket. Around 1920 he relocated his family to Strathdickie near Proserpine where he then engaged in sugar cane farming until he passed in 1923.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; various newspaper articles, see links).
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