Lieutenant Allan King

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Allan Essington Gidley King
Ancestor's date of birth: 19/09/1878
Ancestor's date of death: 10/11/1961
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
Service Number: Officer - no number
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 3 Troop D Coy, NSW Imperial Bushman then 5^th Commonwealth Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: LT, Date Effective: Detail Not Provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail Not Provided
Murray Page: 98
Contingent: Fourth New South Wales, Third Australian
Ship: SS Armenian, Date of Sailing: 23/04/1900
Other Boer War Service: Senior 1st Lieutenant 5th Commonwealth Horse. Sailed on the transport SS Elumbian
Memorial details: Detail Not Provided
Decorations: Queens Medal with 4 clasps
Personal Characteristics: Detail Not Provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail Not Provided
Details of service in war: Second Lieutenant with the NSW Imperial Bushmen, Promoted Lieutenant for his tour with the Australian Commonwealth Horse. Attached to the 1st British Division commanded by Major General Methaen and appointed as the General's escort. Fought at Elands River. Dangerously Wounded at Buffel's Hoek 4th June 1901. Invalided to Australia 23^rd September 1901.
Service and life after the Boer War: He was instrumental in 1923 in forming The Tamworth and District South African Soldiers' Association.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Diana Hollway, Mosman NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Granddaughter
Name of Descendant: Rebecca Ann Hollway Coghlan, Balgowlah Heights NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand daughter
Name of Descendant: Janine Elizabeth Glen, Oxon UK
Relationship to Ancestor: granddaughter
Name of Descendant: Susan Kathleen King, Biggera Waters QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: granddaughter
Name of Descendant: Robert Gidley King, Nth Avoca NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: grandson
Name of Descendant: Rana Anne Gidkey King, Saratoge NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: great grandaughter

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