John George Royes

1894 - 1956  (61 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	John George Royes
  Known as	Jack
  Born	30 Nov 1894	Georgetown, QLD, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	19 Feb 1916  [2, 3]
  WW1: 52nd Battalion. Was a Reserve (CMF) soldier before enlistment in AIF. Service number: 10121968 19 Feb 1916 enlisted Cairns QLD (Occupation shunter. Address on enlistment: Cairns. Single, age 21 at embarkation.) 1 May 1916 Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Mcgillivray. 26 Jun 1917 Appointed Lance Corporal 10 Aug 1918 #Wounded in leg (Europe) 15 Jan 1919 Returned to Australia. 23 Apr 1919 Discharged
  	John George Royes enlistment document
  Registration	1919	Railway Hotel, Cairns, QLD, Australia   [4]
  shunter
  Registration	1925	Dimbulah, QLD, Australia   [4]
  guard - record has "Dumbulah"
  Registration	1925	Lloyd St, Mareeba, QLD, Australia   [4]
  railway employee
  Registration	1930	Morehead St, South Townsville, Townsville, QLD, Australia   [4]
  guard - living at Mrs Noble's
  Registration	1936	Kings Rd, Pimlico, Townsville, QLD, Australia   [4]
  guard
  Registration	1943	Railway Tce, Wooloowin, Brisbane, QLD, Australia   [5]
  railway employee
  Registration	1954	217 Hudson Rd, Wooloowin, Brisbane, QLD, Australia   [5]
  railway employee
  Died	28 Oct 1956	Brisbane, QLD, Australia   [6]
  	Killed by train at Central Railway Station - Struck at 10.54am Died at 1.30pm
  Buried	Aft 28 Oct 1956	Mt Thompson cemetery, Holland Park, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  	Crematorium
  Person ID	I962	Roy~Royes | Hougham, Mordaunt, Royes, Claxton-Harris, Australian Royes
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Charles Mordaunt Royes           b. 12 Aug 1851, Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia           d. 9 Oct 1919, Mareeba, QLD, Australia  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary McLeod Murray           b. 16 Oct 1856, St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland           d. 4 Sep 1941, Mareeba, QLD, Australia  (Age 84 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1874	Rockhampton, QLD, Australia   [7]
  Documents		Swan and Royes partnership in mining at Etheridge (near Georgetown, Qld) The links are to the John Swan and Charles Mordaunt Royes families, though it is possible that the reference is to two of their sons
  Histories		Royes Street, Mareeba Named circa 1964 for the Royes family
  Overviews		PEDIGREE - ROYES-Hougham (to Solomon Hougham 1475) The pedigree of May Royes, her siblings and descendants. Family names are colour coded.
  Family ID	F22	Family Group  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Elizabeth Paulina Vollenweider           b. 21 Jul 1903, Brisbane, QLD, Australia           d. 21 May 1962, QLD, Australia  (Age 58 years)
  Married	9 May 1929
  	St Josephs Catholic Church Witnessed by Robert James Short and Phyllis Grace Deasy Minister Robert Gibbs
  Children	+ 1. John George Royes           b. 9 Feb 1930, Townsville, QLD, Australia           d. 7 Nov 1990  (Age 60 years) + 2. D.L. Royes + 3. P.W. Royes
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2014 02:30:18
  Family ID	F320	Family Group  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Nov 1894 - Georgetown, QLD, Australia Registration - shunter - 1919 - Railway Hotel, Cairns, QLD, Australia Registration - guard - record has "Dumbulah" - 1925 - Dimbulah, QLD, Australia Registration - railway employee - 1925 - Lloyd St, Mareeba, QLD, Australia Registration - guard - living at Mrs Noble's - 1930 - Morehead St, South Townsville, Townsville, QLD, Australia Registration - guard - 1936 - Kings Rd, Pimlico, Townsville, QLD, Australia Registration - railway employee - 1943 - Railway Tce, Wooloowin, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Registration - railway employee - 1954 - 217 Hudson Rd, Wooloowin, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Died - 28 Oct 1956 - Brisbane, QLD, Australia Buried - Aft 28 Oct 1956 - Mt Thompson cemetery, Holland Park, Brisbane, QLD, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S306] Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922  (Ancestry.com), QLD 1894/004348. [S147] National Archives Australia. [S303] The AIF Project, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, [email protected], Canberra, The AIF Project. [S12] Ancestry.com, Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1980. [S12] Ancestry.com, Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1980  Petrie/Windsor p152. [S264] Australia Death Index 1787-1985  (Ancestry.com), QLD 1956/B016691. [S169] Queensland Births Deaths and Marriages  Marriage 1874/C000672.