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Australians
in the Boer War
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Full Record
Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | CALLAWAY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William |
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| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
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URL1: initial W, Qld. soldier.
Source:# 1357 William CALLAWAY, served for 12 months in South Africa - probably with 5QIB (as opposed to the 5th QAB written on his form). Also 2 years 5th AIR and 2 years Garrison Artillery. Claimed 18 months South African War on the front page - possibly after 5 QIB he stayed on for six months. He embarked with the 7th Infantry Battalion AIF on the first boat from Melbourne, but was sent home unfit for service, landing back in Melbourne four days after the landings at Gallipoli.
URL3: WW1 AIF 613 Pte. William CALLAWAY an iron worked aged 36 in 1914 born 14.6.1881 in S. Melbourne Vic. next of kin wife in Kensington, 2 years AIR 2 years Garrison Arty., 18 months S. African War 5QIB 12 months, L/Cpl. 7Bn. 1.12.1914 Pte. 19.1.1915, returned to Aust. per 'Ulysses' medically unfit 21.3.1915, discharged 29.4.1915, 1935 correspondence with Repatriation Commission Melbourne.
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Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1357
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | empirecall.pbworks.com/w/page/11620463/Callaway-W-Pte-613 | | External Link URL3 | | recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3190297 |
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