Trooper Frederick Druitt

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Frederick Clements Druitt
Ancestor's date of birth: 20/05/1870
Ancestor's date of death: 10/07/1954
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Service Number: 288
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Deniliquin
Unit: C Squadron NSW Citizens' Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: Detail not provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: 81
Contingent: 3^rd Contingent
Ship: Alantian or Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 28/02/1900
Memorial details: Boer War Memorial Cressy Street Deniliquin NSW
Decorations: Detail not provided
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Patriotism, Young and adventurous
Details of service in war: April 1900 - April 1901 in Rhodesia , west Transvaal including defence of Elands River Post (4-16 August 1900), and in northern Transvaal, invalided to Australia 20 October 1900. 'B, C & D squadrons took part in a service engagement at Koster's River on 22 July 1900 in attempting to relieve Eland's River Garrison.' Source: 'Australian Military Contingents to South Africa' by Lt Col P.L. Murray.
Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Anne Lipple [nee Druitt] Moulamein NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter
Name of Descendant: Pat Druitt, Sherwood QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter in Law
Name of Descendant:Roz McKowen, Latham ACT
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandaughter
Name of Descendant: Meredith MacLeod, Sherwood QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Granddaughter
Name of Descendant: Rosemary MacLeod, Sherwood QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great granddaughter
Name of Descendant: Angus MacLeod, Sherwood QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grandson
Name of Descendant: Joanne Melissa Fielding (nee McKowen), Scullin ACT
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Granddaughter
Name of Descendant: Gregory Anderson Lipple, Chirnside Park VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

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