Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Richard Moore Fitzgibbon Benson
Ancestor's date of birth: 18/04/1870
Ancestor's date of death: 23/06/1943
Cause of Death: Unknown
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Would have seen pre-war service in the WA Military Forces.
Service Number: 51
Colony or State of enlistment: WA, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 4th Western Australian Mounted Infantry
Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: Not known
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 415
Contingent: Fourth Western Australian
Ship: Manhattan, Date of Sailing: 08/05/1900
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Transvaal and SA 1901 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: June 1900 - June 1901 in Cape Colony including skirmish at Stinkhoutboom (24 July 1900) and in northern Transvaal including battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900), great De Wet hunt, and advance on Pietersburg and into east Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Lenore Knuckey-Jefferies, Buccleuch, Republic of South Africa
Relationship to Ancestor: great grandfather's son
