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The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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| Private Walter Beard |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Walter Frederick Beard
Ancestor's date of birth: 13/04/1871
Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: 521 / 39668
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Units: Victorian Citizens' Bushmen / Scottish Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: 248
Contingent: 3 Victorian
Ship: Euryalus, Date of Sailing: 10/03/1900
Ship: Britannic, Date of Sailing: 24/09/1901
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Detail not provided
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: (VCB only) April 1900-April 1901 as part of Vialls' 3rd Bushmen Regt in Rhodesia under Carington, west Transvaal including skirmish at Koster River where six killed (22 July 1900), and under Plumer in northern Transvaal including battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900), great De Wet hunt including charge at Wolwekuil (14 February 1901) and advance on Pietersburg.
Service and life after the Boer War: Royal Natal Constabulary Zulu Rebellion 1906
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Edward George Beard, Kilsyth VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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