JUSTINS, Albert Leura
| Service Number: | 454 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | At Sea enroute Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Yeerongpilly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fruit Merchant |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 June 1955, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 454, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 454, 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, 454, 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Albert Leura Justins 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 mother Mrs. Justins, Melbourne St, South Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 120, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. J. Justins, Melbourne St, South Brisbane.
Albert Leura Justins was born on 5 Apr 1882 aboard the ship SS Leura enroute to or anchored off Sydney, New South Wales, a son to George Justins and Jane Wright Justins (nee Ward). He married Agnes Isabella McGregor on 25 Jul 1906 at South Brisbane and they had 3 children. They lived at Yeerongpilly in Brisbane with Albert working as a fruit merchant, in partnership, at the Brisbane Fruit and Produce Exchange Markets, in Turbot St, Brisbane.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 120).
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