James John TALLAN

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TALLAN, James John

Service Number:	416
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 9 December 1874
Home Town:	Rosewood, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 April 1927, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 26-5-1A
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 416, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 416, 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, 416, 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

Name has been incorrectly recorded on the original, and AWM, nominal roll as James John Tallan, but was correctly recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB as James John Tattan.

When James John Tallan (Tattan) enlsited 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, Rosewood, Qld. In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as his father John Tallan (Tattan), Rosewood, Qld.

Note- when he returned to Australia with the 5th QIB his surname was recorded as Tatton in The Queenslander, 26 Apr 1902, p. 894.

James John Tattan was born on 9 Dec 1874 in Queensland, a son to John Tattan and Sarah Jane Tattan (nee Bate).

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 502; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 7; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 82).

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