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The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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| Private Henry Wilson |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Henry Richard Wilson
Ancestor's date of birth: 1875?
Ancestor's date of death: 1936
Cause of Death: Motor vehicle accident - knocked off his bicycle by a car
Service Number: 25
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No subsequent military service able to be traced
Murray Page: 224
Contingent: First Victorian
Ship: Medic, Date of Sailing: 28/10/1899
Memorial details: VMR Memorial Melbourne
Decorations: Queen's South Africa medal with clasps
Personal Characteristics: I never knew my (maternal) grandfather but I understand he was a kind and compassionate man.
Reasons to go and fight: unknown
Details of service in war: November 1899 - October 1900 His unit was converted from infantry to mounted rifles December 1899. Served in northern Cape Colony including defence of Pink Hill, in Free State, and in east Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 4 December 1900 on Harlech Castle. Other than the circumstances of his death, knocked off his bicycle by a car, no other detail provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Judith Joyce Livingston, Gordon ACT
Relationship to Ancestor: granddaughter
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