Arthur Albert RAYER

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RAYER, Arthur Albert

Service Number:	483
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Biddeston, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 483, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 483, 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, 483, 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

Note- he is recorded as Arthur Albert Rayer on the original nominal roll for the 5th QIB, and as Arthur Alfred Rayer in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB.

When Arthur Albert Rayer enlisted in 1901 and his details were published (under Arthur Alfred Rayer) with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as T. Rayer c/- Mrs. Duthrie, Maynard St, Woolloongabba. In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as being his brother Thomas Rayer.

In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 148, his addres post discharge is noted as being at Biddeston via Oakey, Qld.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 8; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 148).

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