Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Thomas Edward Mychael

Ancestor's date of birth: 04/07/1881

Ancestor's date of death: 27/05/1965

Cause of Death: Age related

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Thomas was born at Walcha in northern NSW. Later his father occupied a property called 'Glenrock' near Belltrees at Scone in NSW. At his enlistment Thomas described himself as a labourer. He was at Scone when the Boer War broke out and a number of men from the Belltrees area enlisted in the war.

Service Number: 1753

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

Unit: ^3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 07/02/1902

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.

Murray Page: 181

Contingent: 2^nd Australian Commonwealth Contingent

Ship: SS Englishman or SS Manhattan, Date of Sailing: 01/04/1902

Memorial details: Scone NSW

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and South Africa 1902 clasps.

Personal Characteristics: 176 cm tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, brown hair

Reasons to go and fight: It would be a great adventure

Details of service in war: The unit saw no active operations but was involved in security duties including disarming surrendering Boers.

Service and life after the Boer War: He returned to agricultural labouring activities for the rest of his life. He married at Balman in Sydney in 1922 and had one child. During the 1930s he was at Longreach and wrote a letter of complaint to the Taxation department over incorrect Tax advice given by taxation officers in Queensland (Queensland State Income Tax).

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Valda Donnelly, Wagga Wagga NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Niece

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