Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Joseph John Skillen McDowell
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/12/1880
Ancestor's date of death: 11/06/1922
Cause of Death: Kidney Disease
Service Number: 31
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW Place of Enlistment: Albury
Unit: Third NSW Imperial Bushman (Carington's or Riverina 200)
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boe War service
Murray Page: Not in Murray
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: SS Manhattan, Date of Sailing: 02/04/1902
Memorial details: Interred at Wondonga Cemetery
Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and SA 1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Expert Marksman rifle club prize winner VRA Medal.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: May 1901 - May 1902 in west then east Transvaal then west Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: He was a farmer, orchardist and a Mason. He died a young man of 41 leaving a widow and 7 children.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Margaret Robin Gemmill, Beechworth VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter
