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REHN, Alexander James {I00475} (b. 1904, d. 03 APR 1974)

Source: (Death)
Title: South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society online IndexesSource Medium: Book

Data:
Text: Surname: REHN Given name(s): Alexander J L Date: 3-4-1974 Source: Cemetery Index

Source: (Birth)
Author: South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: South Australian BirthsSource Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: High

Page: Book 198 Page 214

Source: (Birth)
Author: South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: South Australian BirthsSource Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: High

Page: Book 95 Page 139

Source: (Birth)
Author: South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: South Australian BirthsSource Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: High

Page: Book 171 Page 214
Data:
Text: Registration District Highercombe Birth place not recorded

Note: Rehn, Charles
Number: 91
Rank: Private
Unit: 8BN AUST CMNWLTH HORSE (SA)
Fate:
State: SA
Murray Page Number: 388
Notes:

Served in the Boer War

Source: (Birth)
Author: South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: South Australian BirthsSource Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: High

Page: Book 270 Page 289

Source: (Burial)
Title: South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society online IndexesSource Medium: Book

Data:
Text: Surname: REHN Given name(s): Eliza Alice Date: 21-1-1883 Source: Cemetery Index

Source: (Birth)
Author: South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: South Australian BirthsSource Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: High

Page: Book 79 Page 84

Source: (Death)
Title: South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society online IndexesSource Medium: Book

Data:
Text: Surname: REHN Surname: REHN Given name(s): Elsie May Date: 22-3-1904 Source: Cemetery Index

Source: (Death)
Title: South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society online IndexesSource Medium: Book

Data:
Text: Surname: REHN Given name(s): Ethel Marian Date: 27-11-1904 Source: Cemetery Index

Source: (Birth)
Author: South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: South Australian BirthsSource Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: High

Page: Book 393 Page 388

Source: (Burial)
Title: South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society online IndexesSource Medium: Book

Data:
Text: Surname: REHN Given name(s): Euphemia Alice Date: 26-5-1962 Source: Cemetery Index

Source: (Death)
Title: Cemetery IndexSource Medium: Book

Page: Houghton Cemetery
Data:
Text: REHN, Euphemia Alice, beloved daugher of Eliza and John, passed away 26 May 1962, aged 75 years

Religion: Place: South Australia, Australia

Source: (Birth)
Author: South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: South Australian BirthsSource Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: High

Page: Book 118 Page 250

Note: In Memory of
L A REHN
Private
NX48495)
A.I.F. 3 Res. M.T. Coy., Australian Army Service Corps
who died on
Thursday, 14th September 1944. Age 39.
Additional Information: GEORGE LESLIE (served as BARNETT, Son of George Ernest and Elizabeth Rehn.

Commemorative Information
Memorial: LABUAN MEMORIAL, Malaysia
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: Panel 24.

Location: Labuan is a small island of Labuan in Brunei Bay, off the coast of north-west Borneo. The Cemetery lies on the right side of the Jalan Tanjong Batu road, which leads from the airport to the town. It is approximately 0.5 kilometres from the airport and about 3 kilometres from the island's town of Victoria. The Labuan Memorial was primarily intended to commemorate the officers and men of the Australian Army and Air Force who died while prisoners of war in Borneo and the Philippines from 1942 to 1945, and during the 1945 operations for the recovery of Borneo, and who have no known grave. Subsequently, it was found that a number of men belonging to the local forces of North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei who were killed on war service also have no known grave, and they, too, are honoured here. Men of the Royal Australian Navy who lost their lives in the south-western Pacific region, and have no grave but the sea, are commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial in England, along with many of their comrades of the Royal Navy and of other Commonwealth Naval Forces. The Memorial consists of a colonnade forming a forecourt immediately inside the wrought iron gates of the main entrance to the cemetery. On the inner faces of the pillars are bronze panels on which are engraved the names of those whom it honours and the dedicatory inscription given below is on the frieze facing the entrance: HEREON ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS WHO DIED WITHIN AND AROUND BORNEO DURING THE 1939-1945 WAR AND WHOSE GRAVES ARE KNOWN ONLY UNTO GOD.

Historical Information: The Labuan Memorial was primarily intended to commemorate the officers and men of the Australian Army and Air Force who died while prisoners of war in Borneo and the Philippines from 1942 to 1945 and during the 1945 operations for the recovery of Borneo, and have no known grave. Subsequently it was found that a number of men belonging to the local forces of North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei who were killed on war service also have no known grave, and they too are honoured here. Men of the Royal Australian Navy who lost their lives in the south-western Pacific region, and have no grave but the sea, are commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial in England, along with many of their comrades of the Royal Navy and of other Commonwealth Naval Forces. This memorial consists of a colonnade forming a forecourt immediately inside the wrought iron gates of the main entrance to the cemetery. On the inner faces of the pillars are bronze panels on which are engraved the names of those whom it honours and the dedicatory inscription is on the frieze facing the entrance. Some of those whose names appear on the memorial are undoubtedly buried in unidentified graves in this cemetery.

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Title
REHN G L : Service Number - NX48495 : Date of birth - 22 Oct 1904 : Place of birth - ADELAIDE SA : Place of enlistment - PADDINGTON NSW : Next of Kin - VIVIAN MAY
Item barcode
4635591 Series number
B883 Series accession number
2002/04608374
Control symbol
NX48495
Contents date range
1939 - 1948 Extent
Location
National Office
Access status
Not yet examined Reason for restriction
Date of decision
1 Jan 1970

Source: (Name)
Author: Commonwealth of Australia
Title: Commonwealth War Graves CommissionSource Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: High
Lists all Commonwealth personnel killed in action in WWI & WWIIRepository:

Name: http://www.cwgc.com

Source: (Birth)
Author: Australian Federal Government
Title: Australian National ArchivesSource Medium: Internet
Source Quality: Good
Index available on line:
http://www.naa.gov.au/
Primarily records after Federation (1901)Repository:

Name: Canberra Australia

Data:
Text: Title REHN G L : Service Number - NX48495 : Date of birth - 22 Oct 1904 : Place of birth - ADELAIDE SA : Place of enlistment - PADDINGTON NSW : Next of Kin - VIVIAN MAY Item barcode 4635591 Series number B883 Series accession number 2002/04608374 Control symbol NX48495 Contents date range 1939 - 1948 Extent Location National Office Access status Not yet examined Reason for restriction Date of decision 1 Jan 1970

Source: (Birth Field)
Footnote: SA Births Book 173, Page 86
SA Births Book 173, Page 86

Source: (Burial)
Author: Jacobs Family Heritage Association, Inc.
Title: Jacobs Ladder
Publication: Name: April 1986, Printer Gillingham Printers Pty. Ltd., Adelaide, SA;
Call number: ISBN:1 86252 161 1Source Medium: Book
Source Quality: Low
Much of the material in this book lacks confirmable source dataRepository:

Name: Held by Michael Jacobs

Page: P 135

Source: (Death)
Author: South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: South Australian DeathsSource Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: High

Page: 786-4167

Religion: Place: Happy Valley Cemetery, South Australia

Note: Rehn, Henry
Number: 403
Rank: Trooper
Unit: 5 (IMPERIAL) CNTGNT
Fate:
State: SA
Murray Page Number: 372
Notes:
Served in the Boer War

Source: (Birth)
Author: South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: South Australian BirthsSource Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: High

Page: Book 662 Page 276

Note: James REHN

Regimental number 158
Religion Congregational
Occupation Labourer
Address Houghton, South Australia
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin Mother, Mrs Annie Rehn, same address
Enlistment Date 4 January 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/60/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 9 June 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 43rd Battalion
Fate Returned to Australia 19 October 1917

Source: (Death)
Title: Cemetery IndexSource Medium: Book

Page: Houghton Cemetery
Data:
Text: REHN, James, died 6 December 1992, aged 99 years loved father of Vernon, Cedric and Colin (with Alice)

Note: Arrived on South Australian 23 April 1837 in Kingscote, SA from Plymouth, England
(Ship "South Australian" Plymouth to Kingscote
Departed 22 Dec 1836
Arrived 22 Apr 1837
Ship type barque operated 1819-1837
63 passengers)

Resided at Houghton, Kingscote, Gilles Plains SA.

No record of death in South Australia between 1848 and 1858.

Following is an extract from a book on the Rehn family history called "The Rehn Heritage Book" and transcribed by Helen Wakefield, a Rehn descendant.

JOHANN REHN MARRIED ANNA CATAREAN ELIZABETH SCHROETER

In late 1836 Johann Rehn, with his wife and young son arrived in London from their native country in Germany. Johann was to be one of the party of six Germans engaged by George Fife Angas acting for the newly formed South Australian Company, to assist with agriculture in the new settlement of South Australia.

Johann was to assist in the growing of flax. The other five mens surnames were - Stein, Schultz, (vine dressers) Kleinschmidt (Friedrich Wilhelm KLEINSCHMIDT) , Hiffman (H.J. Hoffman) and Ahrens (Heinrich Gerhard AHRENS), who were to be labourers. The party was placed in the charge of a Dr. Drescher. None of these six men was able to speak any English when they left Germany.

They left England in the sailing ship "THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN" on the 20th December 1836 and arrived at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island on the 22nd April 1837.

"THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN" was only 80 feet long and was designed for mercantile and whaling purposes. After discharging it's passengers and cargo and Kangaroo Island, it proceeded to Encounter Bay to bring a cargo of whale oil back to the new settlement at Kingscote. The ship was returning to the whaling station for a further shipment when almost at it's destination it was obliged to shelter from a severe storm. The anchors failed to hold and "THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN" was driven ashore onto rocks and wrecked near Encounter Bay. The crew was saved!

Johann Rehn was contracted to work for the South Australian Company for three years. He was to be paid 14 shillings per week for the first year, 15 shillings per week for the second year and 16 shillings per week for the third year. He was given an advance of Thirty Four Pounds, which was to be repaid at the end of the contract.

Although life on the journey out on "THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN" would not have been very pleasant conditions were little better at Kingscote according to a Mrs. Jane Debney writing in a book "RECOLLECTIONS OF PIONEER LIFE".

In describing her voyage out on "THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN" and the eighteen months at Kingscote she writes 'the emigrants lived for the most part in tents and suffered considerable privations. There was only one store and at times some articles of household use went up to famine prices.

The first cask of butter was sold at four shilling per pound. Eggs were sixpence each and soap was two shillings per pound. Add to this the conditions, the language difficulties, life was very hard.'

When Johann and Anna came to the mainland from Kangaroo Island, they came to the Payneham area. Many of the early German migrants settled in the Klemzig area with the assistance of representatives of the South Australian Company, so they may have moved to Klemzig and then to neighbouring Payenham where they purchased lots 14 and 15. (2 acres). They later sold this land to a Thomas Jackson.

When Johann died in 1853 he was living opposite the Houghton Cemetery which was then behind the Union Chapel.

The house was later for many years the home of John and Robina Gallop who has lately restored it and named it "Robinas Cottage." Robina was the sister of Helen Rehn (nee Dunn) the wife of Joseph Rehn. Joseph being the third son of Johann and Anna.

Probably Johann was buried in 1853 in the first Houghton Cemetery in the grounds of the Union Chapel. The present Houghton Cemetery was opened in 1860 on land donated by Mr. John Gallop Snr. the father of Robina Gallops husband who held the office of Clerk of Highercomb Districk Council from 1874 to 1924. We are unable to ascertain just where Johanns grave is because tombstones in 1853 in Houghton Cemetery were of wood and have been long since been destroyed by fire. There are no records of this first Houghton Cemetery in existence.

When Johann died it was perhaps expected, because he made his will only about a fortnight before his death. We have a photostat copy of his will in which he left all his possessions to his dear wife Catarean Elizabeth Rehn. His wifes correct name was "Anna Catherine Elizabeth Rehn." This led to a supreme court hearing in Adelaide in which Anna had to swear she was lawful wife of Johann Rehn and that the correct name in the will was a mistake. The judge the Honourable Charles Cooper, agreed and granted probate on the 18th June 1853.

In early 1854 Anna married Chritstian Frederick Thiele, who we believe came from the Lobethal district. From the records of land purchases it would seem that Anna was the more resoureful of the couple, and in documents her signature appears.

EVENTS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HISTORY 1834-1851

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1834

South Australian Colonization Act (4 & 5 William IV. Cap 95) assented to - 15 August.

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1835

Board of Commissioners appointed (Torrens as chairman).

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1836

South Australia Company formed - January
The South Australia Company vessels - John Pirie and Duke of York leave England for South Australia - February, followed by the Lady Mary Pelham.
The first migrants to South Australia arrive, landing at Kangaroo Island - 20 July.
First school in colony opened - on Kangaroo Island.
South Australia proclaimed a Province - 28 December.
Governor of South Australia: Captain John Hindmarsh RN KH, arrival at Holdfast Bay - 28 December.
Population estimate at 31 December - 546 persons.

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1837

The first land allotments in Adelaide made following Colonel William Light's survey of Adelaide - March.
The first newspaper in South Australia printed.
Supreme Court of South Australia established.
Hospital opened on North Terrace, Adelaide.

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1838

First ballot for country sections of land held - May
Cattle and sheep arrive in the colony, overland from New South Wales .
South Australia's first export - wool.
German settlers, led by Pastor Kavel arrive on the Prince George and settle at Klemzig.
Formation of police force.
Governor of South Australia: Lt-Colonel George Gawler KH - 17 October.
Agricultural production - area cultivated for wheat - 20 acres.

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1839

Fire destroys the houses of Light and Fisher at Thebarton - January.
Colonel William Light dies at Thebarton - 06 October.
The first road in the colny built - Adelaide to Port Adelaide.
Agricultural production - area cultivated for wheat - 120 acres.

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1840

Edward John Eyre commences overland journey to Western Australia.
The Municipality of Adelaide incorporated - the first in Australia, with the first elections being held on 31 October. The first Mayor was James Hurtle Fisher. (The Council went bankrupt in 1843)
Agricultural production - area cultivated for wheat - 1,059 acres.

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1841

Population at 01 January - 15,485 persons. (The 1841 census is the only one in South Australia for which any detailed records survive.)
The first mine in South Australia, Wheal Gawler at Glen Osmond, commenced - producing silver-lead ore. The mineral deposit was discovered by Thomas and Hutchins, two Cornish miners.
500,000 acres of land surveyed by mid year (since 1836).
Economic depression leads to the suspension of Assisted migration.
Governor of South Australia: George Grey, Esq. - 15 May
Public expenditure cut, resulting in considerable unemployment.
Edward John Eyre arrives at Albany, Western Australia.
Adelaide rainfall 17.96" over 93 days.
Government revenue $51,000, expenditure $180,000.
Road tolls imposed on carriages and stock at Glen Osmond.
Agricultural production - area cultivated for wheat - 4,721 acres, (barley 1,000 acres, oats 1,000 acres).

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1842

Civil registration of births, deaths and marriages commenced - 01 July.
Legislative Council constituted.
South Australian Board of Colonization Commissioners abolished.
Copper discovered at Kapunda by Francis Dutton.
Agricultural production - area cultivated for wheat - 15,281 acres.
Estimated livestock numbers - 250,000 sheep, 21,000 cattle, 1,000 horses.

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1843

Ridley's stripper invented.
Flour mill built at Hindmarsh.
Agricultural production - area cultivated for wheat - 23,000 acres.
Australia's first exports of mineral ore - from Glen Osmond.

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1844

The first Colonial Census held 26 February, indicating a population of 17,366, including 96 at Port Lincoln. Adelaide's population approx. 10,000.
South Australia producing wheat in excess of its own requirements.

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1845

Copper discovered at Burra.
Gold discovered near Montacute.
Assisted migration resumed.
Governor of South Australia: Lt-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe - 25 October.
Charles Sturt's exploration of north eastern South Australia.

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1846

Population at census, 26 February, was 22,390, including 132 at Port Lincoln and 70 on Kangaroo Island. Adelaide's population 13,871.
937 births during year, 360 deaths and 189 marriages.
The first pastoral leases granted.
John Horrocks uses Australia's first camel for exploration.
Mining - 6,461 tons of copper ore produced with a value equal to $285,000.
Adealaide rainfall 26.89" over 114 days.
Government revenue $95,000, expenditure $77,000.

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1847

First winery in the Barossa Valley commenced operations.
St Peter's College established.
Road tolls at Glen Osmond ceased.

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1848

Savings Bank of South Australia established.
First ferry over the River Murray - at Wellington.
Pulteney Street Church of England Grammar School established..

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1849

Central Board of Main Roads established..

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1850

The British Parliament passes an Act granting representative government to South Australia..

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1851

Central Board of Education established.
Population reaches 66,538 by 31 December. Adelaide's population 32,810.
Mount Barker farmer John Frame wins a gold medal at the Great Exhibition in London for the quality of his wheat.
Legislative Council elections held - July.

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Sources:

South Australian Year Book
A History of South Australia - From Colonial Days to the Present, (1984), R M Gibbs

Source: (Death Field)
Footnote: Not in South Australia between 1848 & 1858
Not in South Australia between 1848 & 1858

Event: Type: Arrived
Date: 22 APR 1837
Place: South Australia on "South Australian"

Emigration: Date: 20 DEC 1836
Place: Departed England on South Australian

Occupation: Place: Farmer

Note: Phys. desc reference in book/pamphlet
Title [John Rehn]
Year 1909
Includes portrait, photograph
Source The cyclopedia of South Australia in two volumes : an historical and commercial review, descriptive and biographical, facts, figures, and illustrations: an epitome of progress/ edited by H.T. Burgess, vol. 2, p. 761
Summary Fruitgrower from Houghton
Subject Rehn, John, 1842-

Occupation: Place: Fruitgrower

Religion: Place: Houghton, South Australia, Australia

Source: (Birth)
Author: South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: South Australian BirthsSource Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: High

Page: Book 736 Page 71

Note: Phys. desc reference in book/pamphlet
Title [John Rehn]
Year 1909
Includes portrait, photograph
Source The cyclopedia of South Australia in two volumes : an historical and commercial review, descriptive and biographical, facts, figures, and illustrations: an epitome of progress/ edited by H.T. Burgess, vol. 2, p. 761
Summary Fruitgrower from Houghton
Subject Rehn, John, 1842-
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John REHN

Regimental number 3902
Religion Methodist
Occupation Farmer
Address Cowell, South Australia
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 44
Next of kin Wife, Mrs C M Rehn, Cowell, South Australia
Enlistment Date 3 March 1917
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number 14/17/4
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 5th Pioneer Battalion
Fate Returned to Australia 4 December 1918

Note: Marriage record shows an alternate name of MELIN. Uncertain as to whether this refers to last or first name.

It is believed that Joseph's father emigrated from Germany.

Rehns moved to Cowell SA before the Jacobs family

Source: (Birth Field)
Footnote: South Australian Biographical Index (no record in SA births)
South Australian Biographical Index (no record in SA births)

Source: (Death Field)
Footnote: SA Death Certificate: 1912 # 244
SA Death Certificate: 1912 # 244

Event: Type: Fact 7
Place: Resided at Houghton, SA at time of marriage

Event: Type: Fact 8
Date: 1912
Place: Resided at Franklin Harbour, SA at time of death

Emigration: Place: No record of birth in SA 1842-1852

Occupation: Date: 1872
Place: Farmer

Religion: Place: Cowell, South Australia, Australia

Cause: Senility & Gradual Heart Failure