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Australians
in the Boer War
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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 | | MILLS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Charles Benjamin |
| Regimental Number | | 412 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Fogg: 'L'Coy. prisoner of war but released 3.6.1901.
B5172: next of kin at Ormeau Qld.
Source:# 1522 I believe that Charles Benjamin MILLS is buried in the Cairns Martyn Street Cemetery. See URL2. He died in Warhaven (the Cairns RSL homes), death registration 1956/C3096 shows his age as 79.
URL2: Born 1897 died 4.8.1956 in Cairns Qld., buried in Cairns Cemetery Qld., plot Monumental Front Side West, Row AA, Site 7281.
Roe: 1897, if correct, would make him too young for the Boer War 1899-1902 but 1877 fits with age 79 in 1956.
URL3: Charles Benjamin MILLS amongst the Fifth Queensland Contingent leaving on the 'Templemore' from Pinkenba to Capetown 6.3.1901.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 502
Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) 6
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1522
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 9.3.1901
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=162723853 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21254456 |
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