OBITUARY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19940, 26 October 1934, Page 14

OBITUARY

COLONEL T. JOWSEY The death of Colonel T. Jowsey. C.M.G., D. 5.0.. T.D.. which occurred at Waihi on Monday, will be regretted sincerely by the surviving members of the Third '(Rough Riders) Contingent, dispatched under Colonel Jowsey’s command to take part in the South African War. Many of the men who comprised this contingent were from Timaru. it being essentially a Canterbury and West Coast contingent, and the proposal to raise it originated in Christchurch, where the funds for its equipment were raised by public subscription. The contingent was trained j in a camp established at Addington ! Showgrounds, and left for South Africa in the transport Knight Templar on February 17. 1900. Colonel Jowsey was born at Middlesborough, Yorkshire, in 1853, and was educated at Dr Grieves’ academy in that town. He enlisted in the Imperial Army and served several years in India. where he was attached to the 15th Hussars. On leaving the Army he came to New Zealand in 1883. and was appointed steward under the South Canterbury Hospital Board, a position he held until his departure for Christchurch in 1903. When on active service in South Africa he was mentioned i in dispatches, and received the Queen’s j medal, with five clasps, and in 1901 he | was created a Companion of the Most ! Distinguished Order of St. Michael ! and St. George, and received the D.S.O. and T.D. decoration. He served for many years in the volunteers, joining i the Timaru Rifles as an officer and I subsequently became captain, going on I the battalion staff as major in 1899. Colonel Jowsey left Timaru in 1903 to go into business in Christchurch, where he erected the United Service Hotel, which he conducted for some years. After leaving this hotel, he farmed for a few years and then removed to the North Island, where he lived until his d?ath. At Waihi he soon became a popular citizen, and occupied a seat on the Borough Council and the Hospital Board, and was chairman of the latter body. Members of the Third Contingent held Colonel Jowsey in the highest respect as a true soldier and a gentleman. always mindful and thoughtful i for the men under his command, and 1 after the war he continued his interest !in them. He leaves a widow and one j son.