Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: William Inglis
Ancestor's date of birth: 13/10/1873
Ancestor's date of death: 10/01/1941
Cause of Death: Pulmonary oedema, coronary thrombosis, cardio-vascular sclerosis
Service Number: Not known for Boer War
Colony or State of enlistment: Not Applicable, Place of Enlistment: Edinburgh Scotland
Unit: 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Higlanders
Rank attained in Boer War: CSGT, Date Effective: 16/03/1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): MAJ, Date Effective: 01/11/1916
Murray Page: Not Applicable did not serve in an Australian unit
Contingent: Not Applicable
Ship: SS Orcana, Date of Sailing: 01/11/1899
Memorial details: Cremated at Woronora, Sydney.
Awards/Decorations: King and Queen's South Africa Medals with clasps. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Military Cross and French Medaille Militaire in First AIF during Great War.
Personal Characteristics: Generous, sense of humour, patriotic.
Reasons to go and fight: Was a regular British soldier.
Details of service in war: Served in numerous battles, including Modder River, Magersfontein, Paardeberg. In South Africa 1899-1902. Prisoner of war 1900.
Service and life after the Boer War: Served in Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders until 1913. Retired as Regimental Sergeant Major. Joined Permanent Australian Military Forces in 1913. Served in German New Guinea, 1914-1915. Joined AIF in 1915. Served in Middle East and on Western Front. Rejoined Australian Military Forces at end of Great War. Retired as Major in 1927. Lived in Kogarah until his death in 1941. Married with four children.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: David Sulman Carment, Mosman NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grandson
