John Francis FLEWELL-SMITH

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FLEWELL-SMITH, John Francis

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	28 July 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Colonel
Last Unit:	Sea Transport Staff
Born:	Bow, England, 11 September 1863
Home Town:	Zillmere, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Natural causes, Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, 26 December 1942, aged 79 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Sandgate Honour Roll

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant Colonel, 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, Lieutenant Colonel, 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.

World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Colonel, Officer, Brisbane, Queensland
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel, Sea Transport Staff, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Colonel, Sea Transport Staff, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
19 Mar 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Colonel, Sea Transport Staff

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

DEATH OF BOER
WAR VETERAN
Brigadier-General J. F. Flewell Smith, who died recently, came to Australia with his parents when he was only three years of age. Settling at Fernvale, the family engaged in farming there until they moved to Broken Ridge in 1914. Joining the Volunteer Defence movement in the early days, Brigadier-General Flewell-Smilh was ap pointed to the command of a company of the Moreton Regiment. Later he became commanding officer of the regiment. He was Commander of the Fifth Australian Contingent in the Boer War. For two years after the Boer War he was administrator al Colesburg. In the Great War he was in charge of the training battalion at Thompson's Paddock until he was appointed to the command of an overseas transport. He was one of a party of four who rescued a marooned family during the 1893 flood. For this, he was awarded the Royal Humane Society medal. He was closely connected with co-operative movements, being one of the first directors of the Murarne Bacon Company, ot which he as chairman for many years, a director of the Queensland Farmers' Co-operative Association, and the Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Society. He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Mrs A. L. M. Wilson. Brisbane, and two sons. Mr B. Flewell-Smith. Brisbane, and Capt. G. Flewell-Smith AIF

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