George Harvey PROVAN

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PROVAN, George Harvey

Service Number:	136
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1870
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Retail Manager, Cattle Station Manager
Died:	Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia, 25 May 1939, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Goondiwindi Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 136, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 136, 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, 136, 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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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

George Harvey Provan was born on 17 Aug 1870 in Queensland, a son to William Provan and Anne Provan (nee Harvey). He married Florence May Pike on 31 Dec 1906 in Sydney returning to live in Queensland where they had 4 children.

When he returned from the South African (Boer) War he took up a position as manager at the American Boot Company in Brisbane. Sometime around 1915 he relocated his family to the Goondiwindi district where he managed Boogumbilla Station for many years.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496; Wife's Death Notice, The Courier Mail, 3 Aug 1937, p. 6).

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