Private James William Ramsay

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: James William Ramsay

Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/181879

Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided.

Cause of Death: Fractured skull

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Lived in West End Brisbane with his Mother until enlistment

Service Number: 333

Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Brisbane

Unit: 5^th Qld Imperial Bushmen's Contingent

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

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

Murray Page: 500

Contingent: Fifth Queensland

Ship: SS Templemore, Date of Sailing: 06/03/1901

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and Orangr Free State clasps.

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.

Details of service in war: April 1901 - March 1902 under Plumer in east Transvaal, Free State including defeat at Mokari Drift (27 September 1901), and Natal border campaign including stand at Onverwacht (4 January 1902) where 13 died and 17 wounded. Reported dangerously ill at Springfontein 07 September 1901).

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Brisbane on Troopship Saint Andrew and worked for Brisbane Water Supply and Sewage Board. Retired 5 February 1925.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Leonard Joseph Ramsay, Logan City QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

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