Ancestor Details

George Campbell NORTH

Ancestor's date of birth: 02/11/1872

Ancestor's date of death: 29/10/1920

Cause of Death: Unknown

Service Number: 538

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

Unit: 1 Aust Horse

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.

Murray Page: 47

Contingent: First Australian

Ship: Custodian or Manchester Merchant, Date of Sailing: 16-18/02/1902

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps Transvaal and SA02.

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.

Details of service in war: March - May 1902 on Natal border and west Transvaal. Wounded (Shot through neck and out jaw) near Johannesburg (Murray page 47, Patterson "From The Front" page 372).

Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Stephen John Saywell, Mount Kuring-gai NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: .... Still working on that!

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