Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Thomas George Marsh

Ancestor's date of birth: 08/03/1880

Ancestor's date of death: 26/08/1955

Cause of Death: Age related exacerbated by wartime service. Died Concord Repatriation Hospital Sydney

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Served in the NSW 1^st Infantry Regiment 1899 to 1902. He had 3 years experience in a rifle club. He was listed as a labourer on enlistment

Service Number: 1461

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW Place of Enlistment: Sydney

Unit: 3^rd Australian Commonwealth Horse

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 1902

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): PTE, Date Effective: 1915

Murray Page: 181

Contingent: Second Australian

Ship: Manhattan, Date of Sailing: 01/04/1902

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with SA 1902 clasp, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Personal Characteristics: 171 cm tall, dark complexion, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair

Reasons to go and fight: A trained soldier

Details of service in war: Camped at Kitchener's Kop near Newcastle, Natal. Involved in escorting Boer delegates from the east to peace negotiations at Vereeniging. Returned to Australia on the Drayton Grange embarking 11 July 1902.

Service and life after the Boer War: Enlisted as No 423 D Coy, 2nd Battalion AIF and was listed as a Railway employee. Served on Gallipoli where he was evacuated with serious gastro enteritis. In France he served at Pozieres and received gunshot wounds to the head and shoulder. In 1917 having returned from hospital he was evacuated to hospital with Trench Fever. He returned to Australia in 1918 as he was an early enlistee and still suffering medical problems

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Dorothea Lysaght, Canley Vale NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter

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