SHANN, Joseph
| Service Number: | 485 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 June 1878 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brookvale, Sydney - New South Wales, Australia, 31 August 1954, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Frenchs Forest Cemetery, NSW Plot: Section: Ang Row: F2 Plot: 31 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 485, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 485, 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. | |
| 13 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 485, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 150, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Britannic arriving Brisbane 6 Aug 1901, discharged 13 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Joseph Shann (birth registration) was also known as Joseph Patrick Shann (death registration).
When he enlisted as Joseph Shann in 1901 and was entered in the original nominal roll for the 5th Qld Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. was recorded as his mother Mrs. John Shann, George St, Sydney. Note- in Murray's compilation of all the nominal rolls of States that sent contingents to South Africa there is only one entry for a soldier with the surname Shann, the above Joseph Shann.
The 5th QIB embarked from Brisbane on 6 Mar 1901 for South Africa aboard S.S. Templemore. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 150, notes he was invalided back to Australia aboard S.S. Britannic arriving in Brisbane on 6 Aug 1901 with discharge on 13 Aug 1901.
It appears he then returned to, or joined, the permanent military forces in NSW with the NSW Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, No. 3260 Gunner Joseph Patrick Shann. A report in the NSW Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime, 18 Jun 1902, p. 251, indicated he was wanted for desertion of his post and in the process misappropriating with some clothing items belonging to other comrades. The report described him as... 24 years of age, 5 feet 8 1/2 inches high, light-brown hair, blue eyes, medium complexion; a labourer...served 7 months in Queensland Bushmen; under 3 months' service.
His birth was recorded as Joseph Shann on 5 Jun 1878 at Sydney, a son to James Shann and Hannah Shann (nee Jackson). As Joseph P. Shann he married Amy Georgina Fletcher in 1907 at Sydney and they had 2 children. When he passed in 1954 he was recorded on the NSW BDM death register as Joseph Patrick Shann.
(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. 150; Deserters From The New South Wales Regiment Royal Australian Artillery- The NSW Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime, 18 Jun 1902).