TROWER, George Matthew
| Service Numbers: | 200, 660 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 21 August 1877 |
| Home Town: | Pine Mountain, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 8 September 1908, aged 31 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Morgan Cemetery Plot: Sec 1 Row E/F Grave Tablet P23 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 200, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 660 | |
| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 200, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray P. 463 notes 3rd Contingent embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 200, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd embarked at Cape Town 9 May 1901 returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 then rail to Brisbane, disbanded 21 Jun 1901. | |
| 20 Aug 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 660, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes he was part of first draft embarked at Sydney 20 Aug 1901 aboard Britannic arriving Cape Town 22 Sep 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
George Matthew Trower served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 200 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, and second as a Private S.N. 660 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (1st Draft).
On his second service newspaper reports indicate he remained in South Africa for further service after the rest of the contingent returned to Australia. A later newspaper report has him with the last contingent to return to Australia aboard the Manchester Merchant disembarking in Adelaide and traveling by train back to Ipswich Qld, arriving before the troopship docked in Brisbane on 2 Aug 1902, his date of discharge is not given. (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 471 & 519; newspaper articles provided in the links on 2nd service).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
George Matthew Trower served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 200 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, and second as a Private S.N. 660 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (1st Draft).
On his second service newspaper reports indicate he remained in South Africa for further service after the rest of the contingent returned to Australia. A later newspaper report has him with the last contingent to return to Australia aboard the Manchester Merchant disembarking in Adelaide and traveling by train back to Ipswich Qld, arriving before the troopship docked in Brisbane on 2 Aug 1902, his date of discharge is not given. (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 471 & 519; newspaper articles provided in the links).
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