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Arthur Montague |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Name of Ancestor: Arthur Montague
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1868
Ancestor's date of death: 23/07/1899
Cause of Death: Enteric (Typhoid) at Victoria West in Cape Colony
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Lived in Sydney and Grafton, NSW. Listed in the NSW Sands directory as "Artist" in Leichhardt 1888
Service Number: Not allocated
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney
Unit: Military Stores Department Kimberley
Rank attained in Boer War: Served as a Civillian
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No post Boer War Sewrvice
Murray Page: Not recorded in Murray
Contingent: Travelled privately to South Africa
Ship: Not known
Memorial details: Not recorded on a memorial
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: NIL
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: Worked in the Military Stores Department Kimberley
Service and life after the Boer War: DEATHS - Montague, - 23 July at Victoria West, Cape Colony, South Africa. Arthur Montague, aged 35. Leaving a widow and three children, residing at Grafton. - Evening News, Sydney 25 Sep 1902
A tribute to the memory of my dear husband, ARTHUR MONTAGUE, who died at Brackpoort, South Africa, July 23rd, 1902. Inserted by his wife and children - Clarence & Richmond Examiner, 25 Jul 1903
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Glen Lambert, South Hurstville
Relationship to Ancestor: 2nd great nephew
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