Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: George Charles Newport

Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1876

Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided

Cause of Death: Not Stated

Service Number: 1344 and 282

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not known

Unit: New South Wales Imperial Bushmen and 1 Bn Australian Commonwealth Horse

Rank attained in Boer War: LCPL, Date Effective: 02/04/1902

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War Service

Murray Page: 102 and 174

Contingent: Fourth New South Wales and First Australian

Ship: Armenian, Date of Sailing: 23/04/1900

Ship: Custodian, Date of Sailing: 18/02/1902

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: Queen ans King's South Africa medals with clasps

Personal Characteristics: Typical Australian youth of the time

Reasons to go and fight: Doing his duty

Details of service in war: With New South Wales Imperial Bushmen May 1900 - May 1901 in Rhodesia and west Transvaal including capture of de la Rey's convoy and guns at Wildfontein (24 March 1901). With Australian Commonwealth Horse March - May 1902 on Natal border and west Transvaal.

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia 9-13 August 1902 on Drayton Grange. No further detail provided.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Owen Stewart, Forest Lake QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

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