INNES, Joshua Clare
| Service Numbers: | 266, 620 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Rathdown, Co Dublin, Ireland, 12 January 1877 |
| Home Town: | Spring Hill, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Newmarket, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 November 1939, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 266, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 620 | |
| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 266, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 266, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. | |
| 20 Aug 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 620, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes he was part of 1st Draft of 6th QIB embarked Sydney 20 Aug 1901 arriving Cape Town 22 Sep 1901. | |
| 16 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 620, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Newspaper 'The Brisbane Courier' 16 May 1901 notes he remained in South Africa for further service after unit returned to Australia, date of discharge unknown. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Joshua Clare Innes served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 266 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry and second as a Private S.N. 620 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 472 and 518).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Joshua Clare Innes, also recorded as Joshua Innes, served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 266, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry. Second service was as a Private rising to Corporal S.N. 620, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (1st Draft).
When he joined the 3rd QMI in 1900 and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 3 Mar 1900, he was recorded as single and from Gloucester St, Spring Hill. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 3rd QMI, Bk 3 p. 8, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Olivia Innes, Gloucester St, Spring Hill. He served the full tour with the 3rd QMI and was discharged in Brisbane in Jun 1901.
Not long after he was selected in the First Draft of the 6th QIB and embarked again for South Africa in Aug 1901. The members of the draft mainly consisted of men who had served in previous contingents in South Africa and were assembled as reinforcements for the 5th and 6th QIB contingents already in South Africa. Men in the draft were not recorded in the original nominal roll for the 6th QIB but are recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks.
He was recorded by Murray on the AWM Nominal Roll as Joshua Innes. However, the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB (to which he was allotted), Bk 4 p. 58 records him under his full name Joshua Clare Innes. The paybooks also note he directed part of his pay to his brother-in-law Richard Alexander Grant, Scrub Rd, Enoggera, as his mother had passed just 2 days after he arrived back in Brisbane from his first service.
Newspaper reports note when the 5th QIB returned to Australia a number of men remained in South Africa for various reasons including for further service. The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, notes when the 5th QIB embarked to return to Australia that, S.N. 620, Corporal Joshua C. Innes, remained in South Africa for further service. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 58, notes he returned to Brisbane and was discharged 14 Aug 1902.
Joshua Clare Innes was born on 12 Jan 1877 at Rathdown, County Wicklow, Ireland, a son to George MacDonald Innes and Olivia Lavina Innes (nee Clare). It is unclear under what conditions he emigrated to Australia with his father reported as passing in New York in 1899, but it appears that he and the majority of his 9 siblings along with his mother emigrated to Brisbane.
He was twice married. He first married Maud Florence Victor on 12 Apr 1909 in Queensland, Maud passing in 1925. He then married Mary Maud Flux on 13 Jun 1928 in Queensland.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 472 $ 518; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 3rd QMI, Bk 3 p. 8, and 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 58; Familysearch.org- birth registration details).
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