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Private Charles Kokkinn |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Charles Harold Kokkinn
Ancestor's date of birth: 23/08/1881
Ancestor's date of death: 1958
Cause of Death: Lung cancer
Service Number: 120
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Brisbane
Unit: 5th Contingent Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 06/03/1901
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 496
Contingent: Fifth Queensland
Ship: Templemore, Date of Sailing: 07/03/1901
Memorial details: Detail not provided.
Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasp.
Personal Characteristics: Quiet, unassuming, well-read, erudite
Reasons to go and fight: Wanderlust and problems with stepmother
Details of service in war: April 1900 - March 1902 in east Transvaal, Free State including defeat at Mokari Drift (27 September 1901), and Natal border campaign including stand at Onverwacht (4 January 1902) where 13 died and 17 wounded.
Service and life after the Boer War: Settled in Kimberley South Africa and worked as a steward on the dining cars of the South African Railways on the Braamfontein Union run.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Michael John Kokkinn, Adelaide SA
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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