Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Arthur Stephens
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided
Ancestor's date of death: 1969
Cause of Death: Leukemia
Service Number: 279
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 100
Contingent: Fourth New South Wales
Ship: Armenian, Date of Sailing: 23/04/1900
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: May 1900 - May 1901 in Rhodesia and west Transvaal including capture of de la Rey's convoy and guns at Wildfontein (24 March 1901).
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 17 July 1901. No further details provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Lovise Richardson, WYOMING NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand DaughterName of Descendant: Learne Dooley, Narrabeen NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: great grand daughter
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