Nathan Esli DOWZER

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DOWZER, Nathan Esli

Service Number:	63
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Tiaro, Queensland, Australia, 31 July 1866
Home Town:	Tiaro, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Natural causes, Tiaro, Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1932, aged 66 years
Cemetery:	Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland Monument A/Plot 22
Memorials:	Tiaro Shire Boer War Honour Roll, Tiaro War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Apr 1900:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 63, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 63, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Jul 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 63, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

A BOER WAR VETERAN.
An "old school mate" writes: For some weeks Mr. N.E. Dowzer has been confined to his home on account of a very severe illness, and those who may not know him I wish to intimate that away back in 1899 he was one of a band of young men from the Tiaro district who offered their services to the Empire at the time of the Boer War. He served his country there in two different centuries and under two of our British rulers — at the close of Queen Victoria's reign and then under King Edward 7th. He is a native of Maryborough, his people removing later on to Tiaro where he finished his school at the present Tiaro State School, and for many years afterwards resided in that district. It was he who first got together the Tiaro squad of mounted infantry whose headquarters were at Gympie. Probably some of his brothers-in-arms who composed part of that contingent, or those of later military obligations, will find time to call and help a comrade to the lonely hours. Any one for that matter will be welcomed at his residence, No. 74 Fort Lane, off Alice-street, city.

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