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Surname RIDDELL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Charles Henry
Regimental Number 135
RankPrivate
Unit Name 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Source:# 571 1 year 6 months service with 4QIB claimed by RIDDELL Andrew 736 Private 2nd Reinforcements 2LH AIF, born Pilton Toowoomba Qld., but by WWI in Cambooya Qld.
URL1: WW1 AIF Embarkation Roll RIDDELL, Andrew 2LH shows brother and next of kin as RIDDELL Chas. Hy. of Cambooya Qld.
URL2: WWW1 AIF RIDDELL, Andrew but not Charles Henry
B5172: next of kin in Hendon Qld.
URL4: photo #135.
URL5: Pte. Charles RIDDELL of Qld., hospitalised with fever after returning to Melbourne per 'Britannic'.
URL6: The friends of the late Mr. Charles RIDDELL (late South African Boer War veteran) and late Crystal Brook and Wandearah West SA, are respectfully informed that his funeral will leave his late residence, 40 Gover Street North Adelaide, on 1.6.1949 at 11 am for the Cheltenham Cemetery. South African War Veterans' Association. Members are requested to meet at the Cheltenham Cemetery on 1.6.1949 at 11:10 am to follow the remains of our late comrade Mr. C RIDDELL to his last resting place.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 482
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 571
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 31.7.1901
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 31.5.1949
External Link URL1www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/10_7_2/pdf/0313.pdf
External Link URL2www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.asp?Folder=44&Page=42&Surname=riddell
External Link URL3www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL4newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528966?zoomLevel=2
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14400603
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36369513


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Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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