Ancestor Details
Descendant DetailsName of Ancestor: Frank Cornell
Ancestor's date of birth: 11/1879
Ancestor's date of death: 31/01/1900
Cause of Death: Meningitis near Modder River
Service Number: 742
Colony or State of enlistment: Not Applicable, Place of Enlistment: London UK
Unit: The Scots Guards
Rank attained in Boer War: LCPL, Date Effective: 04/08/1899
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Did not survive the Boer War
Murray Page: Not applicable did not serve in an Australian unit
Contingent: Not applicable
Ship: Nubia, Date of Sailing: 21/10/1899 (From UK)
Memorial details: Buried in the Kimberley West Cemetery, South Africa
Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps Belmont and Modder River.
Personal Characteristics: Height: 1.69 m, weight: 49.5 kg, fair complexion, brown eyes, light brown hair.
Reasons to go and fight: Soldier in the British Army.
Details of service in war: Took part in operations at Belmont and Modder River until taken sick.
Service and life after the Boer War: Did not survive the Boer War.
Name of Descendant: Charles Joseph Cornell, Narrandera NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Nephew
