Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Garnet Rupert Gourlay
Ancestor's date of birth: 15/05/1881
Ancestor's date of death: 19/10/1934
Cause of Death: Died in Bass Strait in the crash of the airplane 'Miss Hobart'
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Detail not provided
Service Number: 1183
Colony or State of enlistment: TAS, Place of Enlistment: Hobart
Unit: E Coy, 1 Bn Australian Commonwealth Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: SSGT, Date Effective: 1902
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): A/SGT, Date Effective: 9 June 1917
Murray Page: 569
Contingent: First Australian
Ship: Manchester Merchant, Date of Sailing: 16/02/1902
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and SA 1902 clasps. British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Personal Characteristics: Height 170 cm, weight 58 kg (1916).
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: March - May 1902 on Natal border and west Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Married to Blanche, worked as a timber merchant, lived at sandsdowne crescent Hobart TAS. Enlisted in the AIF on 30 October 1916. Achieved the rank of sergeant, but ended the war as a corporal, was wounded in France 16 July 1918 when fighting with 40 Bn.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Beverley-Anne Rodan, West Melbourne VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: great grand daughter
