BROWN, George William
| Service Number: | 383 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 383, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 383, 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. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 383, 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. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When George William Brown enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. B. McLeod, Fitzroy St, Warwick. In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, no kin relationship was recorded for his N.O.K.
In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 50, it is noted he gave his address post discharge as c/- Mr. D. McLeod, Warwick. Mrs. B. McLeod, Fitzroy St, Warwick, was also recorded as the mother and N.O.K. of a fellow soldier in the 5th QIB, Donald McLeod S.N. 385. Its assumed George William Brown was friends with Donald McLeod and living with the McLeod family in Warwick.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Forc for service in South Africa, p. 6; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, Bk 3 p. 50).
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