Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Francis Munden Russell

Ancestor's date of birth: 08/02/1883

Ancestor's date of death: 09/06/1964

Cause of Death: Heart failure

Service Number: 3024 and 698

Colony or State of enlistment: Not applicable Place of Enlistment: Cape Town

Unit: Cape Town Highlanders on special service in Kitchener's Horse

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 26/01/1900

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): TPR, Date Effective: 01/02/1915

Murray Page: Not applicable did not serve in an Australian unit during the Boer War

Contingent: Not applicable

Ship: Not applicable

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Personal Characteristics: Independent; generous nature

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: Was a Bugler then Trooper in Kitchener's Horse who saw service in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal. Discharged 30 March 1900 as medically unfit after 64 days of service.

Service and life after the Boer War: Migrated to Australia from South Africa in 1908. Enlisted in World War I in the First Light Horse. Was injured at Gallipoli and repatriated to England. On return to Australia worked as caretaker, then nurseryman and market gardener. Married in 1925 and had one son.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Lynn Frances Nielsen, Coorparoo QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Granddaughter