Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Walter Thomas Ray

Ancestor's date of birth: 08/10/1880

Ancestor's date of death: 09/01/1959

Cause of Death: Cerebral Haemorrhage

Service Number: 1039

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Wagga Wagga?

Unit: 3^rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles

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

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

Murray Page: 132

Contingent: Fifth New South Wales

Ship: Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 21/03/1901

Memorial details: Canobolas Crematorium

Decorations: King's South Africa Medal with clasps 1901 and 1902

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in Free State and east Transvaal including Boer breakthrough at Langverwacht (24 February 1901).

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia 3 June 1902. Walter was a blacksmith by trade.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Helen Margaret Hovey, St Ives NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand daughter

Name of Descendant: Nicholas James Charles Hovey, St Ives NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grand son

Name of Descendant: Thomas William Jack Hovey, St Ives NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grand son

Name of Descendant: Alexandra Kate Hovey, St Ives NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grand daughter

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