Corporal George Allnutt

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: George Stephen Allnutt (known as Stephen)

Ancestor's date of birth: 26/12/1879

Ancestor's date of death: 18/06/1947

Cause of Death: age

Service Number: 133

Colony or State of enlistment: SA, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided

Unit: 4 SAIB

Rank attained in Boer War: CPL, Date Effective: Detail not available

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided

Murray Page: 359

Contingent: South Aust Contingent Fourth Imperial Bushmen

Ship: Manhattan Date of Sailing: 01/05/1900

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: DCM (Despatches, London Gazette 10/09/1901), Queen and King's South Africa Medals with clasps.

Personal Characteristics: Reminded me of Father Christmas

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: Bethlehem, Oliphants Nek, magaliesberg Range Elands River Garrison. Research by sister Ellen Janet Jonas (Nee Allnutt) Phillip Island Vic.

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Melbourne SS Damascus 17 Jan to 28 Feb 1901. 21 Year Old Married Beatrice Gerard Bayey Jan 6 1904, 24 Years old. Lived in Penola at Allotment 151, Lindley Farm corner of South Terrace and the road to Mt Gambier opposite the caravan park.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Dennis Gerard Allnutt, Kianga NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

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