WIENHOLT, Arnold
| Service Number: | 9 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Allora, Queensland, Australia, 25 November 1877 |
| Home Town: | Kalbar, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Ethiopia, 10 September 1940, aged 62 years |
| Cemetery: |
Khartoum War Cemetery, Khartoum, Sudan Khartoum Memorial- listed on Panel 2 (final resting place unknown). |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Brisbane Queensland Parliament War Service Honour Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 9, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 9, 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. | |
| 1 Jun 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 479 notes promoted to Sergeant 1 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 9, 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
Arnold Weinholt was born in 1877 on the family pastoral property "Goomburra Station" near Allora, Qld, the eldest son of Edward Wienholt and Ellen Wienholt nee Williams. He gaing his education in England attending Eton before returning to work on family pastoral holdings. He enlisted and served in the South African (Boer) War in 1900 as a Private (rising in rank to Sergeant) S.N. 9 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
He returned to work on the family pastoral holdings and the entered politics in 1901 serving as a MLA in the Qld Parliament for the seat of Fassifern until 1913. At the outbreak of WW1 he made his way to Africa where he joined the East Africa Mounted Rifles. Serving with the Intelligence Branch he was wounded and captured in 1916, escaping 6 months later, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. In 1918 he served on a six month long reconnaissance mission, engaging with the enemy, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, a bar to his Military Cross and promotion to Captain.
On his return to Australia in 1918 he married Enid Frances Sydney Jones and they would take up residence on his property "Washpool Farm", near Kalbar, Queensland. That same year he was elected to House of Representatives, Commonwealth Government, for the seat of Moreton which he last held in 1932.
In 1935 he turned his hand to War Correspondent following the Itallian Invasion of Ethiopia, later joining the Red Cross in Ethiopia during which he was reportedly captured by the Italians. With the outbreak of WW2 he sailed to Aden seeking a British Commission, however, found himself ordered to Sudan and Ethiopia serving in part of Military Mission 101 to resist Itallian forces. His group was ambushed on about 10 Sep 1940 where he was wounded escaping into the bush and assumed to have died of his wounds.
The above has been extracted mainly from his Biography on Australian Dictionary of Biography : Wienholt, Arnold (1877-1940) - see link provided to read full Bio.
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