Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: George Chesher
Ancestor's date of birth: 17/06/1874
Ancestor's date of death: 01/07/1942
Cause of Death: Not Stated
Service Number: 23
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Bathurst
Unit: 1st NSW Mounted Rifles, A Squadron
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 01/01/19
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War Service
Murray Page: 33
Contingent: First New South Wales
Ship: Aberdeen, Date of Sailing: 04/11/1899
Memorial details: War Memorial Bathurst and Forbes Memorial Services Club
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Paardeburg and Relief of Kimberley clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Raised on a farm at Eugowra NSW, good riding skills.
Reasons to go and fight: Adventure
Details of service in war: Fought at Colesberg and Relief of Kimberley. He was wounded at Paardeburg on the 19 February 1900 and invalided to Australia arriving 30 August 1900. He had a brother the NSW Citizens Bushmen, C Squadron.
Service and life after the Boer War: No details provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Helen Reichenbach, Montmorency VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Niece
