CAVAYE, James McLelland
Service Numbers: | 673, 12, Officer |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
Born: | Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, 21 October 1857 |
Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Grocer & Produce Merchant |
Died: | Illness, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 June 1917, aged 59 years |
Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 673 | |
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1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 12, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
17 May 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
17 May 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Officer | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 673, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 12, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James McLelland CAVAYE was born on 21st October, 1857 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
His parents were Robert Bell McLelland CAVAYE & his 2nd wife Margaret BOYD who married on 7th July, 1857 in Leith
He married Elizabeth Louisa WINCHESTER on 11th January, 1878 at 6 Clifton Place, Glasgow, Scotland & had 8 known children
James died in Brisbane, Queensland on 20th June 1917 & is buried in Toowong Cemetery
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Service in the Boer War
SN 12 Private with 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
SN 673 Private with 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Lieutenant with 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
returned to Australia on ship Tongariro 3.5.01 and was discharged 17.5.1901