English: Colin Dunlop Wilson Rankin, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry Contingent, Boer War
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Colin Dunlop Wilson Rankin[1], John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, 4705
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Title: Colin Dunlop Wilson Rankin
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Subjects: portraits ; military uniforms ; swords ; soldiers ; Rankin, Colin Dunlop Wilson ; Rankin, Colin Dunlop Wilson, 1869-1940--Portraits
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Publisher: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Summary/Contents: Colin Dunlop Wilson Rankin was a soldier, politician, cane farmer and company director. He accompanied his family to Queensland from Scotland when his father became manager of Queensland Collieries Co. Ltd. at Howard, near Maryborough in 1884. Rankin joined the Queensland Defence Force in 1886 and he served in the Boer War. In 1903 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Wide Bay Infantry Regiment, assuming command in 1906. He had been chairman of the Howard Shire Council since its formation in 1903, and in 1905 successfully contested the seat of Burrum in the Legislative Assembly. He became general manager of Queensland Collieries Co. Ltd. in 1919 and served as managing director for the company from 1924-1940. (Information taken from: Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1988, retrieved 6 August 2012, from http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rankin-colin-dunlop-wilson-8155).
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Description: Digital format: image/jpeg ; Original format: copy print : b&w
Identifier: Negative number: 197847
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Record number: 578487
Link to digital item: http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/243659
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