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Re: Desk job military in WWI
« Reply #36 on: Sunday 30 March 25 14:20 BST (UK) »
There are some mentions in Queensland newspapers of Charles William Todd, manager of Torilla Station, Yaamba, for several years. 

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/newspapers?keyword=%22charles%20william%20todd%22&l-state=Queensland
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« Reply #37 on: Sunday 30 March 25 14:26 BST (UK) »
Thanks Alan. Yes, the Captain title did draw my attention to him as it was unusual round here (not many officers).  He attended Sedbergh public school and Haileybury Imperial Service College (Herts), so there may have been some sort of cadet force there, more likely Sedbergh; otherwise he was mostly in Nigeria.

Thanks Shaun, the fact they are Yorkshire newspapers suggests he may have been in Yorkshire 1916-18. And yes an honorary Captain.

Haileybury did not have a cadet corps until 1908 when they founded their Officer Training Corps.
Sedburgh founded their Rifle Training Corps (OTC from 1908) in 1901.

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« Reply #38 on: Sunday 30 March 25 14:44 BST (UK) »
Blimey, an Australian cattle farmer too! Well found! I hope he wasn’t also the steamship captain. How did you find him going to Nigeria in 1905, Shaun?

Thanks Alan, not a cadet force then.




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« Reply #39 on: Sunday 30 March 25 14:51 BST (UK) »
The school cadet movement didn't really get going until 1908 when the Junior Division of the Officer Training Corps was established and most public school converted their cadet corps into OTCs or set up an OTC if they did not have cadets.

School Cadet Corps really did not get going until the Boer War period although a few of the larger and most prestigious schools had then in the 1890s.  Eton prides itself that their cadet corps was founded first in 1860.


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« Reply #40 on: Sunday 30 March 25 14:59 BST (UK) »
Answering my own question about 1905 to Nigeria, it's outside the snippet but I can see it on the Google preview.

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« Reply #41 on: Sunday 30 March 25 14:59 BST (UK) »
Thanks Alan, useful information.

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Re: Desk job military in WWI
« Reply #42 on: Sunday 30 March 25 16:16 BST (UK) »
Just for completeness:

An early Sedbergh register entry (circa 1895), confirming his address in Queensland:

https://archive.org/details/b21778516/page/284/mode/2up?q=todd

Haileybury register entry:

https://archive.org/details/haileyburyregis00collgoog/page/n238/mode/2up?q=todd
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« Reply #43 on: Sunday 30 March 25 16:28 BST (UK) »
From the 1930 edition of the Sedbergh Register:
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Re: Desk job military in WWI
« Reply #44 on: Sunday 30 March 25 16:33 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for all that, Shaun. A varied life!