Private William Swan

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: William John Swan

Ancestor's date of birth: 19/11/1869

Ancestor's date of death: 1945

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Service Number: 656

Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Melbourne

Unit: 2^nd Battlion Australian Commonwealth Horse Victoria

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 13/01/1902

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

Murray Page: 314

Contingent: First Australian Contingent

Ship: St Andrew, Date of Sailing: 12/02/1902

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal, and SA 1902 clasps.

Personal Characteristics: Height: 179 cm. A station manager at Purmium via Warnambool.

Reasons to go and fight: Diffculties in obtaining adquate work on a farm.

Details of service in war: March - May 1902 on Natal border and west Transvaal.

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 11 July 1902 on the Drayton Grange. Presume returned to the pastoral industry - no further details provided.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: James Walker, Point Lonsdale VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Nephew

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