Edward James EVANS

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EVANS, Edward James

Service Number:	66
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born:	Wales, United Kingdom, 1854
Home Town:	Blackstone, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Severe Burns from colliery accident, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 19 February 1908
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 66, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
17 Feb 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468 notes promoted to Sergeant 17 Feb 1900.
1 Mar 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 66, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
26 Nov 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 66, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Delphic arriving Brisbane 19 Nov 1900, discharged 26 Nov 1900.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

James Edward Evans was born c.1854, a son to William Evans and Jane Evans (nee Davies), in Wales. Newspaper report on his death indicated he served in the Welsh Buffs seeing service in Soudan and Zulu campaigns before migrating to Queensland.

He was noted as married and a resident at Blackstone near Ipswich in Qld when he enlisted in the 3rd Qld Mounted Infantry for the South African (Boer) War. It appears he worked as a coal miner in the Bundamba district of Ipswich in Qld and was involved in an accident at the Blackheath Colliery suffering severe burns leading to his death about a week later.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468; Death report, Queensland Times, 22 Feb 1908).

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