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WINNIETT, Chard Massey
Personal Details
Service Number: | 683 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
Born: | Queensland, Australia, 22 February 1862 |
Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 15 February 1911, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Portion 1 - 112 - 13. |
Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 683 | |
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26 Sep 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 683, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes part of 2nd Draft of the 6th QIB embarked at Sydney 26 Sep 1901 aboard Harlech Castle arriving Cape Town 26 Oct 1901. | |
23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 683, 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. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Chard Massey Winniett served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 54 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, second as a Private S.N. 683 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468 & 519).