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The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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| Sergeant Francis Hamilton |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Francis Benjamin Hamilton
Ancestor's date of birth: 21/02/1873
Ancestor's date of death: 29/08/1952
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: 2106
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: A Squadron, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: Detail not provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: 125
Contingent: 5th New South Wales
Ship: British Princess Date of Sailing: 21/03/1901
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Detail not provided
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 easy Transvaal under Rimington including Boer breakthrough at Langverwacht (24 February 1901).
Service and life after the Boer War: Later served in the 1st Australian Horse and 6th Light Horse Gunnedah NSW. Also enlisted in the AIF 17th May 1916 (later discharged due to illness)
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Steven Hamilton, Morwell VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grandson
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