Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Gilbert James King
Ancestor's date of birth: 11/06/1881
Ancestor's date of death: 22/12/1939
Cause of Death: Not Stated
Service Number: 346
Colony or State of enlistment: Not Applicable, Place of Enlistment: Gloucester Britain
Unit: Cattle Rangers
Rank attained in Boer War: Ranger, Date Effective: On Enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: Not Applicable did not serve in an Australian unit
Contingent: Not Applicable did not serve in an Australian or New Zealand unit
Ship: Travelled from the UK.
Memorial details: Detail not provided.
Decorations: King's South Africa Medal with 1901 and 1902 clasps, 1914-15 Star.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: Joined the Cattle Rangers an "Imperial" or unit formed from locals, and drifters from the UK and other British colonies on 12 June 1901. He served in the Cape Colony and Transvaal. Prior to the disbandment of the Cattle Rangers, he Transferred to General Rundle's Column and served at Pretoria.
Service and life after the Boer War: Continued to live in South Africa. He served in the 1st Imperial Light Horse during the Dutch Rebellion August to December 1914 German South West Africa Campaign January to August 1915.
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