WASHBOURNE, Sydney
| Service Number: | 48 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1899, Volunteered at Allora, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Hendon, Queensland, 28 May 1880 |
| Home Town: | Allora, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Kiama, New South Wales, 24 August 1961, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wollongong City Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, New, South Wales Plot: Memorial Gardens Individual Rose, Sect. 4E, Site 37 |
| Memorials: | Allora Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 48, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 13 Oct 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 48, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Volunteered at Allora, Queensland | |
| 14 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 48, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 48, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, "A" Company, s.s. Cornwall, Pinkenba (Brisbane) | |
| 25 Aug 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 48, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Disembarked at Sydney on steamer Persic after being invalided home due to enteric fever and arrived in Brisbane on 18 August 1900 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'RETURNING QUEENSLANDERS.
The steamer Salamis arrived at Melbourne at a late hour on Tuesday night with a batch of seven Australians on board, who have been invalided from South Africa. The only Queenslander included in the number is Private Jackson of the Mounted Infantry. Jackson was attacked with fever at Ladybrand, and was subsequently invalided from Bloemfontein. From private information received by friends in Allora, we learn that Privates Joseph Banks and Sydney Washbourne (of the First Contingent and both of Allora), who have been ill with enteric fever in the north of Cape Colony, are amongst the invalided Australians now on their way to Australia.' from Warwick Examiner and Times 14 Jul 1900 (nla.gov.au)
'RETURNED SOLDIERS AT HENDON.
SOCIAL AND PRESENTATION.
A social was held at Hendon on Friday evening last (writes a correspondent) to welcome home from South Africa Privates G. Weatherley and A. Riddell, the occasion being also marked by a presentation to the two returned soldiers. The small but patriotic community of Hendon has been represented in almost every contingent that has been sent out by Queensland, and it was early resolved that the Hendon lads, on their return, should be presented with some memento of their services on the battlefield. Watches were selected as the most suitable present, the first recipient being Private S. Washbourne, of the First Contingent.' from The Brisbane Courier 24 Sep 1901 (nla.gov.au)
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