LEES, Frank Grant
| Service Number: | 305 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 305, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 305, 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. | |
| 26 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 305, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 152, notes discharged in South Africa 26 Mar 1902 (newspaper reports indicate discharged for employment there). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Frank Grant Lees 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 father R. Lees, 4 Greenbank Rd, Edinburgh, Scotland. The original Nominal Roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent for service in South Africa, held by National Archives, notes on page 5 that his father was Richard Lees.
Francis Grant Lees was born in 1875 in the parish of Wilton, Scotland, a son to Richard Lees and Sarah Jane Lees (nee Stewart).
Newspaper reports in Mar 1902 note that he was discharged in South Africa on 26 Mar 1902 to take up employment there.
(source-AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 152).
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