Vetinary Lieutenant John McEachran

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: John Fraser McEachran - official records show McEacmren
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1876
Ancestor's date of death: 23/08/1932
Cause of Death: Not Stated
Service Number: Veterinary Surgeon officer - no number
Colony or State of enlistment: Not Appliacble, Place of Enlistment: Auckland, New Zealand
Unit: 6^th Contingent No 16 Company, Auckland Division of New Zealand Armed Forces.
Rank attained in Boer War: LT, Date Effective: Detail not provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No details provided of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: Not Applicable, did not serve in an Australian Unit.
Contingent: Sixth NZ Contingent
Ship: Cornwall, Date of Sailing: 30/01/1901
Memorial details: Detail not privided
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Worked for NZ Agriculture
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: The Sixth Contingent was established in December 1900 to replace the First Contingent, which had returned to New Zealand. Service in the Sixth was restricted to those who were in the Volunteer Force or had prior military experience. Commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Banks, the Sixth embarked aboard the SS Cornwall
Service and life after the Boer War: No details provided of his post Boer War life.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Dorothy Gardner, Yowie Bay NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter
Name of Descendant: Walter George John Ryan, McMasters Beach NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand son
Name of Descendant: Sharon Marie Robertson, Oakdale NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter
Name of Descendant: Jecia Amanda Marie Robertson, Oakdale NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great Grand Daughter
Name of Descendant: Isabelle Audrey Marie Robertson, Oakdale NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great Grand Daughter

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