EVANS, Rees
| Service Number: | 292 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | 1870, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 October 1924, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 292 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 292, 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. | |
| 20 Oct 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 292, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 81, notes returned to Australia aboard Persic arriving Brisbane 13 Oct 1902, discharged 20 Oct 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
His name is included on the plaque attached to the Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk, Lissner Park, Charters Towers, under the 6th QIB Contingent with other men from Charters Towers that served in that contingent.
When Rees Evans enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. Evans, Charters Towers. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 81, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. C. Evans, Rainbow Flat, Charters Towers.
Rees Evans was born about 1870, a son to John Evans and Catherine Evans (nee Davies). He married Alma Elizabeth Bowden on 12 Jun 1906 in Queensland and they had 4 children.
The Boer War Service Paybook entry notes that following his discharge in Oct 1902 he was granted passage on another ship to travel to Townsville. He returned to Charters Towers where, along with his brother David, he worked a gold minining claim. He was last residing with his family in Townsville and passed away in Brisbane in 1924, where it appears he was recieving treatment for a long running illness. He was 54 years of age when he passed.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 81; various newspaper articles, see links).
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