Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Reginald Lee (born Lea)
Ancestor's date of birth: 14/02/1880
Ancestor's date of death: 18/06/1940
Cause of Death: Cerebral haemorrhage, arteriosclerosis
Service Number: 39716
Colony or State of enlistment: South Africa
Unit: 2nd Scottish Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 28/05/1902
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No post Boer War service
Murray Page: Not applicable
Contingent: Not applicable
Ship: He sailed for South Africa as an "Indulgence" Passenger aboard the Troopship "Britannic". Source - The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 21 August 1901, page 5 - article headed "Indulgence" Passengers to South Africa. Departure of the Troopship Britannic.
Memorial details: Caledonia Hill, one of the the kopjes along Kensington Ridge in Johannesburg South Africa.
Decorations: NSW Naval Contingent to China 1900 medal, Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps
Personal Characteristics: unsure - my grandfather died before I was born
Reasons to go and fight: unsure
Details of service in war: Boxer Uprising 1900 - LEA Reginald, Private RM, New South Wales Contingent. Embarked on 08/08/1900 on board SS Salamis and returned to Australia on 25/04/1901 on board SS Chingtu. Enlisted in the Scottish Horse on 20/08/1901. The 1st and 2nd Scottish Horse formed from Australian volunteers, drafts from Scotland and South Africa. In 1902 both regiments were disbanded at Edinburgh Castle, after repatriating Australians and discharging South Africans. It appears Reginald had 2 different numbers (I know they worked in 6 month periods), as his "Proceedings on Discharge" papers give his Service No as 38735. This was on 28 May 1902. Service and life after the Boer War: No service after the Boer War. He married Mary Maud Perrett on 3 February 1904 in Paddington, NSW. They lived in Bondi, NSW and had four children, the youngest being my mother, born 1913. Reginald was a tramway driver. He died on 18/06/1940 in the Mental Hospital, Callan Park, Leichhardt Municipality.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Margaret Jan (known as Jan) Koperberg, Winmalee NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand-daughter
