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The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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| Sergeant Eustace Whiddon |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Eustace Whiddon
Ancestor's date of birth: 26/07/1876
Ancestor's date of death: 04/08/1951
Cause of Death: Cerebral Thrombosis, Atheroma, Chronic Bronchitis.
Service Number: 1438 and 1414
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: A Company, NSW Imperial Bushmen and 3bn Australian Commonwealth Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: 1902
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of subsequent military service.
Murray Page: 93, 178
Contingent: Fourth New South Wales and Second Australian
Ship: Armenian, Date of Sailing: 23/04/1900
Ship: Manhattan, Date of Sailing: 01/04/1902
Memorial details: Detail not provided.
Decorations: Queen and King's South Africa medals with clasps
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: With the NSWIB from May 1900 - May 1901 in Rhodesia and west Transvaal including capture of de la Rey's convoy and guns at Wildfontein (24 March 1901). The third battalion Austtralian Commonwealth Horse was not engaged in combat.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia on 13 August 1902 aboard the Drayton Grange. No other detail provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Verna Little, Mattraville NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Niece
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