Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: John Alfred Hanna
Ancestor's date of birth: 1881
Ancestor's date of death: 1903
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Service Number: 1489
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney
Unit: 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 03/02/1902
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No post Boer War service
Murray Page: 180
Contingent: Second Australian Contingent
Ship: Manhattan, Date of Sailing: 02/03/1902
Memorial details: Buried at Jerilderie NSW His headstone states - Victim of the Drayton Grange
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and SA1902 clasps
Personal Characteristics: A Boundry rider who could shoot and ride very well. Height 181 cm, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: Arrived too late to take part in fighting.
Service and life after the Boer War: His death was considered to be a result of conditions on board the shipping transport Drayton Grange, it known as the "The Drayton Grange Fiasco". The family, after a long campaign received 25 Pounds as compensation.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Chris Hogan, Hamlyn Terrace NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Nephew
