Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Walter Joseph Field

Ancestor's date of birth: 1886

Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided

Cause of Death: Not Stated

Service Number: 4545

Colony or State of enlistment: Not applicable, Place of Enlistment: UK

Unit: 3rd Prince of Wales' Dragoon Guards

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): SGT, Date Effective: Detail not provided

Murray Page: Not applicable did not serve in an Australian unit

Contingent: Not applicable

Ship: Victorian, Date of Sailing: 22/01/1901 (from the UK)

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: QSA and KSA with clasps

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Professional British Slodier

Details of service in war: Service included relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg. The regiment had frequently sharp fighting in the Orange River Colony, particularly in the Vrede district, but seems to have escaped with a comparatively light casualty list.

Service and life after the Boer War: No details provided

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Clement Albert Field, Russell Lea NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Son

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