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The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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| Trooper Reuben Payne |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Reuben Payne
Ancestor's date of birth: 1880?
Ancestor's date of death: 1947
Cause of Death: Unknown
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Unknown
Service Number: 726
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment:
Unit: 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 1902
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 315
Contingent: First Australian
Ship: St Andrew, Date of Sailing: 12/02/1902
Memorial details: Buried in Victoria
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and South Africa 1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: unknown
Reasons to go and fight: unknown
Details of service in war: March - May 1902 on Natal border and west Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Reuben became a successful businessman, built up a huge property portfolio in Bendigo, Victoria and lost most of it during the great depression, rebuilt it to a lesser degree after and died in 1947.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Geoffrey Payne, Chewton VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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