Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Stephen William Brenton
Ancestor's date of birth: 14/01/1878
Ancestor's date of death: 07/01/1959
Cause of Death: Myocarditis
Service Number: 30269
Colony or State of enlistment: Not applicable, Place of Enlistment: Colchester UK
Unit: 146 Battery Royal Field Artillery
Rank attained in Boer War: GNR, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): PTE, Date Effective: 05/11/1914
Murray Page: Not applicable did not serve in an Australian unit
Contingent: Not applicable
Ship: Sailed from the UK, details not available
Memorial details: Details not available
Decorations: Queen's South African Medal with clasps Paaderburg and Cape Colony, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Personal Characteristics: Height 1.71 m, weight 77 kg (1914).
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: Served with the Royal Field Artillery at Paaderburg and in the Cape Colony.
Service and life after the Boer War: Migrated to Australia, worked as a grocer, married Mary, had son Stephen, daughters Phillys and Winifred, lived at Macedon, Victoria. Joined the 3rd Batallion ANMEF (Australian Naval and Military Expeditionery Force) V57829 on 5 November 1914, served in New Guinea, last posting Rabual invalided to Australia 6 December 1915. Honorably discharged 18 September 1916.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Margaret Vaneyk, Winston Hills NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter
