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The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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| Trooper Sydney Carbine |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Sydney Edward Carbine
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided
Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided
Cause of Death: Not known
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Carpenter in Hay NSW. Next of Kin was from Harden.
Service Number: 2101
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles, A Troop
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 1901
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War service
Murray Page: 126
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: British Princess, Date of Sailing: 21/03/1901
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Orange Free State, Transvaal, SA 1901 and SA1902 clasps..
Personal Characteristics: A carpenter.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in Free State and East Transvaal under Rimington including Boer breakthrough at Langverwacht (24 February 1902). More Detail.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 3 June 1902. Married Elizabeth, had a son Thomas, no further details provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Robert Potts, Beaconsfield WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great nephew
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