John Joseph EVANS

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EVANS, John Joseph

Service Number:	47
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Dulacca South, Queensland, Australia, 13 December 1882
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brewer, Union Leader
Died:	Mumps and Asthma, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 11 February 1952, aged 69 years
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot: RC2-003-0006
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 47, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 47, 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, 47, 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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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When John Joseph Evans 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 his father George Evans, Lengthsman, Warwick-Killarney Branch. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 76, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his father Mr. G. Evans, Warwick.

John Joseph Evans was born on 13 Dec 1882 at Dulacca South, Queensland, a son to George Evans and Mary Ellen Evans (nee Noonan). He married Mary Ellen Butler on 11 May 1908 and they had 9 children.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 494; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 76; Australian Boer War Memorial- database bio).

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