Sydney Joseph CARR

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CARR, Sydney Joseph

Service Number:	324
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 13 July 1881
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 18 December 1951, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gympie Cemetery, Qld Plot: RCPD-3-41
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 324
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 324, 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, 324, 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.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Sydney Joseph 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 J. Carr, Morningside. His older brother Private Henry James Carr S.N. 250 also served with him in the 6th QIB.

Sidney (Sydney) Joseph Car was born on 13 Jul 1881 in Queensland, a son to Joseph Carr and Elizabeth Dyer Carr (nee Ralph). He married Margaret Mary Laughren on 9 Sep 1907 in Queensland and they had 2 children, and lived in the towns of Bundaberg and Gympie.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 107).

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