LOYNES, James
| Service Numbers: | 65, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Birmingham, England, 23 December 1862 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Boy School Church of England Birmingham England |
| Occupation: | Builder & Contractor, War Service Homes Commissioner |
| Died: | Greenslopes Military Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 23 October 1950, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Balmoral Cemetery, Qld Section 1, Grave 292 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Booval War Memorial, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Sergeant, 65, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 65, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 31 Mar 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 453 notes promoted to Company Sergeant-Major on 31 Mar 1900. | |
| 31 Mar 1900: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 65, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Boer War Dossier notes returned to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 14 Jan 1901, discharged 23 Jan 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 6 Dec 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 492 notes slightly wounded at Familie Hoek 6 Dec 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Major, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Major, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane | |
| 8 Mar 1919: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Distinguished Service Order
'At Semakh, on the morning of the 25th September, 1918, he was in command of one of the squadrons that charged the town. His coolness and dash in the charge were a good example to the men, and went a long way towards the success of the operation. He organized a bayonet charge from the west of the town, and by collecting all the men he could, and by his resourcefulness and untiring energy, he was able to stop what might have been a repulse, and finally, in the general clearing up of the town, he did great work.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 10
Date: 29 January 1920
Veteran soldier dies at 87
Major James Loynes, 87, a Boer War veteran, and a Light Horse officer in World War I, died in Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital yesterday. Born in Birmingham, Major Loynes landed in Brisbane in 1883, and became a master builder. He was a former Deputy Commissioner of War Service Homes, but retired from this post 21 years ago because of World War I wounds. His home was in Pine Road, Wynnum Central. He has left two sons and three daughters. There will be a chapel service in Cannon and Cripps' Funeral Parlours at 9.45 a.m. tomorrow. Interment will be at the Bulimba Cemetery at 10.30.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
James Loynes was born in 1862 at Birmingham, England, a son to Charles Henry Loynes and Charlotte Loynes (nee Lawrence). He was educated at St Matthew's Church of England School, Birmingham. He arrived in Brisbane aboard the Hampshire at the age of 20 and married Edith Mary Cornelius (b. 1867 Hampshire, England) on 5 Nov 1866 at All Saints Church, Brisbane and they had 7 children residing in the Ipswich area.
He became a master builder and was involved in constructing a number of school and public buildings. He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and again in WW1. He was mentioned in despatches in both the Boer War and WW1 and was awarded a DSO for his WW1 service. After WW1 he was appointed deputy commissioner of war service homes in Queensland.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 453 & 492; Australian Dictionary of Biography: James Loynes, Vol. 10, 1986).
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