LE MARCHAND, George James
| Other Name: | Le Marchand., George Jones - Birth Name |
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| Service Number: | 20 |
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | India, 26 March 1874 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Auchenflower, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia, 5 September 1939, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 4, Section 1 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 20, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 20, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 6 Nov 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 20, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 64, notes discharged in South Africa on 6 Nov 1900. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Note- while the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll compiled by Murray records him as George James Le Marchand, his correct name was George Jones Le Marchand.
When George Jones Le Marchand enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private G. J. Le Marchand, married, Walkerston, Mackay. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 64, it is noted he sought and was granted his discharge in South Africa on 6 Nov 1900.
George Jones Le Marchand was born on 26 Mar 1874 at Bengal, India, a son to Walter John Le Marchand and Lucy Sophia Le Marchand (nee Jones). He married Ethel Mary Emily Ball on 20 May 1897 in Queensland. They were living in Mackay with one child when he enlisted in 1899.
George remained in South Africa after his discharge, relocating his wife and child to be with him. Their next three children were born in 1903, 1904 and 1906, with them living at Sunnyside, Pretoria. By 1908 they were back in Brisbane where their last 4 children were born (total of 8 children).
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 452; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 64; Le Marchand Family Tree- Genealogy.com).