Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Patrick Healy
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided
Ancestor's date of death: 1950/60s
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: 210
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Detail not available
Unit: 4 Imperial Bushmen (Australian Imperial Regiment)
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: Detail not available
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: 264
Contingent: Fourth Victorian
Ship: Victorian, Date of Sailing: 01/05/1900
Memorial details: VMR Memorial, Melbourne
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Clasps. King's South Africa Medal with 1901 clasp.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: May 1900 - June 1901 in Rhodesia under Carington, west Transvaal under Cape Colony under Henniker including relief of Philipstown (11 February 1901), capture of Boer guns at Read's Drift (23 February), and capture of Boer patrol near Doornkloof (1 March 1901). Imperial Bushmen separated mid 1900 to early 1901, with Major L. F. Clarke commanding C, D, and E squadrons on garrison duty in Rhodesia.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Africa. Served in Steineker's Horse and South Africian Constabulary. Died in Swaziland in 1950/60s. Still have three daughters living in Swaziland- Annie, Kathleen and Eileen
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Robyn Healy, Oak Park VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter
