Colonel Ewart James Collett, DSO, CMG^{[1, 2, 3]}

1871 - 1927  (56 years)

• Name	Ewart James Collett
  Title	Colonel
  Suffix	DSO, CMG
  Born	2 May 1871	'Wonderheuwel', Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Died	7 Dec 1927	'Dunblane', Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Person ID	I5860	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	William Collett,   b. 7 Aug 1835, Elephant Fountain, Cape, South Africa ,   d. 22 Mar 1916  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Cook,   b. 29 May 1843, Nisbett Bath, Great Namaqualand ,   d. 16 Oct 1903  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F2373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Liesching Greaves,   b. 2 May 1880,   d. 1968, Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 87 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1903	Tafelberg, Cape, South Africa
  Children	+ 1. Evelyn Grace Ewart Collett,   b. 1905   2. Rosalie Collett,   b. Abt 1907,   d. 1907  (Age 0 years) + 3. Georgina Pauline Ewart Collett,   b. 1910,   d. 1986  (Age 76 years) + 4. Noel David Ewart Collett   5. Anthony Ewart Collett,   b. 1924, South Africa ,   d. 27 Dec 1944, Ardennes, France  (Age 20 years)
  Family ID	F2372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 2 May 1871 - 'Wonderheuwel', Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa Married - 3 Jun 1903 - Tafelberg, Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Served in the military duing the Anglo-Boer War, and the First World War, WWI. He was awarded the DSO and CMG Ewart served in the military in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and World War l (1914-1918); died of effects of severe mustard gas poisoning at Sentis (where?) in 1918 in WW1. Titles behind name: CMG, DSO

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Gilfillan Family Tree data, Pieter Goedkoop, (Queenstown, December 1979). [S58] Hilton-Taylor, Craig, craig.hilton-taylor@ssc-uk.org., Hilton-Taylor, 23 Jan 2003. Ewart James Collett, (1.William1) b. 02-05-1871 at 'Wonderheuwel', Middelburg, Cape, South Africa,, d. 07-12-1927 at 'Dunblane', Eastern Cape, South Africa,3,4 (see note 3) military Seved as Colonel, cause of death severe mustard gas poisoning in WWI at Senty, military 1914 - 1918 WWI.5 He married Helen Liesching Greaves, 03-06-1903 at Tafelberg, Cape, South Africa,3,4 b. 02-05-1880,3,4 (daughter of William Henry Gilfillan Greaves and Wilhelmina Georgina Southey) d. 1968 in Middelburg, South Africa.3,4 Children: 3. i Evelyn Grace Ewart Collett b. ?. ii Rosalie Collett, b. ABT 1907, d. 1907.4 Not sure where she was born. Paul Tanner-Tremaine has her as the 2nd child.4 4. iii Georgina Pauline Ewart Collett b. 1910. 5. iv Noel David Ewart Collett b. ?. v Anthony Ewart Collett, b. 1924,4 d. 12-1944 in France during World War II.4 [S59] Addison, Steve, Addison, 30 Jan 2003. Colonel Ewart James Collett CMG, DSO was born on 2 May 1871. He died on 7 Dec 1927. 9. Colonel Ewart James Collett CMG, DSO (William, James Lydford) was born on 2 May 1871 in "Wonderheuwel", Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He died on 7 Dec 1927 in "Dunblane", Eastern Cape, South Africa. The cause of death was the effects of severe mustard gas poisoning in World War l at Sentis, 1918. Ewart served in the military in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and World War l (1914-1918). [S56] Descendants of Thomas Southey Manuscript, Steve Addison, (2001).