Sergeant Alexander Brodie

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Alexander Neil Brodie

Ancestor's date of birth: 17/03/1878

Ancestor's date of death: 01/01/1944

Cause of Death: Coronary Occlusion

Service Number: 1120

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW Place of Enlistment: Sydney

Unit: 3^rd NSW Mounted Rifles, C Squadron

Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: Detail not provided

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.

Murray Page: 130

Contingent: Fifth New South Wales

Ship: British Princess' Date of Sailing: 21/03/1901

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: There are two clasps above his Queen's South Africa Medal, Transvaal and Orange Free State.

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in Free State and East Transvaal including Boer breakthrough at Langverwacht (24 February 1901). Wounded by sniper fire while lying behind bushes with another soldier.

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia from South Africa 3 June 1902. No further information provided.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Gordon Brodie, Picton NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Son

Name of Descendant: Francis Coleridge, Rosedale QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter

Name of Descendant: Lindsay Harden, Coogee NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: distant cousin

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