JUCHAU, Percy James
| Service Number: | 322 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Murrurundi, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 January 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Plot: AA, Rose Garden 4, 226 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 322 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 322, 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. | |
| 10 Feb 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 322, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 105, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Manchester Merchant arriving Brisbane 3 Feb 1902, discharged 10 Feb 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Percy James Juchau enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published (under Juchan) with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as C. F. Juchan J.P., Murrundi, NSW. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 105, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his father Mr. C. Juchau J.P., Murrurundi, NSW.
Percy James Juchau was born in 1883 at Murrurundi, NSW, a son to Charles Francis Juchau and Lucinda Mary Juchau (nee Evans). BDM NSW records his birth under James Percy Juchan and his death under Percy James Juchau. Following his return invalided from the Boer War in 1902 he returned to Murrurundi.
He married (under the name Percy James Juchan) Ada E. Frost in 1904 at Sydney and they had 5 children. By 1913 he was involved in a company Jackson and Juchau Pty Ltd operating as Customs and Transport Agents from Macquarie Place and Annandale in Sydney. In addition, in 1935 newspaper reports indicate he also held an oyster farming lease on the Georges River while living at Sylvania, Sydney.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 105).
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