WARD, Frederick
| Service Number: | 163 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Victoria, Australia, 2 July 1878 |
| Home Town: | Albion, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 August 1922, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 21-2-2 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 163 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 163, 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. | |
| 14 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 163, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 170 indicates he returned after the rest of the unit arriving Brisbane 7 Aug 1902, discharged 14 Aug 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Frederick Ward enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his photo was published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Thomas Ward, Lake Goldsmith via Beaufort, Victoria.
Frederick Ward was born on 2 Jul 1878 in Victoria, a son to Thomas Ward and Mary Ann Ward (nee Potter). The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB held by Qld State Archives indicates he returned to Australia shortly after the majority of the 6th had returned. It also notes a contact address for him as Johannesburg Town Police, B Division, Johannesburg indicating he may have joined, or was seconded to, the police force in South Africa.
He first married Annie Maria Magdalena van Staden in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1905 before they returned to live in Australia, with Annie passing away in Dalby in 1917. He married a second time to Mary Elenor Hicks on 5 Feb 1919 in Queensland and they had at least one child.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB p. 170; Australin Boer Wr Memorial Database bio).
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