CARR, Henry James
| Service Number: | 250 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 2 February 1879 |
| Home Town: | Morningside, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 29 January 1955, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland Plot: LAWN-1-169 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 250 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 250, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 250, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Henry James Carr enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K as Mrs. J. Carr, Pedley St, Morningside. His younger brother Private Sidney Joseph Carr S.N. 324 also served in the 6th QIB.
Henry James Carr was born on 2 Feb 1879 in Queensland, a son to Joseph Carr and Elizabeth Dyer Carr (nee Ralph). He married Catherine Evans on 17 Oct 1906 in Queensland and they had 2 children while residing in the Wynnum district of Brisbane.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 42).
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