LOGAN, George
| Service Number: | 381 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 19 September 1868 |
| Home Town: | Myrtletown, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane General Hospital- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 February 1905, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 12-33-24 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 381 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 381, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 16 Nov 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 381, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 158, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Aberdeen arriving Brisbane 14 Nov 1901, discharged 16 Nov 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When George Logan enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Thomas Logan, Myrtletown, Qld. In the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his father. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 158, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. J. Logan, Myrtletown via Pinkenba.
George Logan was born on 19 Sep 1868 in Queensland, a son to Thomas Logan and Jane Logan (nee Kilpatrick). The Boer War Service Paybooks indicate that he was invalided from the war and returned to Brisbane, Australia, where he was discharged 16 Nov 1901. It is unknown whether he continued to suffer ill effects from his service. The Brisbane Hospital committee meeting, medical report, published in The Telegraph (Brisb.), 28 Feb 1905, notes- George Logan, 36, Myrtletown, admitted February 17, died February 24.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; national Archive Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Afric, p. 5; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 158).
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