John Cheyne (1881 - 1906)

Born 3 Jun 1881 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 26 Jun 1906 at age 25 in Ashanti, Ghana, West Africa

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Biography

John Cheyne, second child and second son of Andrew Leslie "Andy" Cheyne and his wife Jane McShannon, was born on 31st June 1883 at Gore in Southland, New Zealand. ^[1]

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A headstone at the Andersons Bay Cemetery in Dunedin, Otago commemorates John's accidental death by drowning at Ashanti in Ghana, West Africa when he was 26 …

Andersons Bay Cemetery Headstone transcriptions Volume 1, #1302; Block 26, Plot 67: Headstone 1:

"In loving memory of John Cheyne, accidentally drowned in West Africa 26 June 1906, 26 years; fought in the Boer War. Also his brothers Lenox Nicol Cheyne, Main Body, killed in action at Gallipoli 23 May 1915, 22 years; Gordon Cheyne, killed in Somme Battle 15 September 1916, 21 years. Faithful unto death."

This headstone was one of the two erected on a burial plot which John's mother Jane McShannon had purchased after the death of another son, Phoenix Evans [Jimmy] Cheyne who'd died on 25 May 1914 at the age of 26.

John never married.

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Births, Deaths & Marriages microfiche index; Registration of Births: John Cheyne, son of Jane and Andrew Leslie Cheyne, registration number 1881/ 2033.