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Sergeant Harry Walker

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Harry Fredrick Walker

Ancestor's date of birth: 15/04/1873

Ancestor's date of death: 23/10/1950

Cause of Death: Age related

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Existing member of the QMI, represented QLD at Queen Victoria diamond jubilee in 1897.

Service Number: 172

Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Brisbane

Unit: A company, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry

Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: <1900

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War Military Service.

Murray Page: 451

Contingent: First Queensland

Ship: Cornwall, Date of Sailing: 01/11/1899

Memorial details: QMI Museum Enoggera.

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal, Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and possibly other clasps.

Personal Characteristics: Soldier.

Reasons to go and fight: Serving soldier.

Details of service in war: From December 1899 in northwest Cape Colony including victory over rebel band at Sunnyside (1 January 1900), Free State, and east Transvaal. 21 March 1900, at Sanna's Post, rescued an Imperial Mounted Infantryman and was mentioned for bravery in UK and Australian press. Invalided to Australia, arriving 18 August 1900.

Service and life after the Boer War: Member of Qld parliament for over 39 years. Member for Wide Bay 1907-1912 then Cooroora from 1912- 1947. Secretary for agriculture and stock from 1929-32.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Michelle Barton, The Gap QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great granddaughter

 


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