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Shoeing-Smith George Evans

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: George Fitzroy Evans

Ancestor's date of birth: 22/02/1880

Ancestor's date of death: 29/06/1948

Cause of Death: Respiratory Cardic Disease

Service Number: 2562

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney

Unit: 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: Shoeing-Smith, Date Effective: On enlistment

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service

Murray Page: 152

Contingent: Fifth New South Wales

Ship: Not known

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and SA01, SA02 clasps.

Personal Characteristics: Conduct and Character Excellent. Height: 1.67 m, black hair, dark complexion, blue eyes.

Reasons to go and fight: Not known

Details of service in war: Unit formed May 1901 in Klerksdorp mainly around reinforcements intended for Citizen and Imperial Bushmen contingents of which George Evans was a part. Served: May 1901 - May 1902 in west then east then west Transvaal.

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia August 1902, he returned to his trade was Blacksmith in Glebe NSW.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Milton Evans, Curl Curl
Relationship to Ancestor: Son

 


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