Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: William Chant
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/03/1879
Ancestor's date of death: 1937
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: 4
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 1st NSW Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: CPL, Date Effective: Detail unavailable
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War service
Murray Page: 39
Contingent: First New South Wales
Ship: Aberdeen, Date of Sailing: 04/11/1899
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: In the NSW Infantry company, converted to E Squadron - 1st NSW Mounted Rifles (December 1899) from December 1899 in northern Cape Colony, Free State and Transvaal wounded Ventersburg 10 May 1900 invalided to Australia arriving 8 January 1901. Was shot in shoulder but stayed in action.
Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Reeves Roslyn Allen, Buff Point NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: 1st cousin 3 x removed
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