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Trooper Benjamin Hore

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Benjamin Hore

Ancestor's date of birth: 12/02/1871

Ancestor's date of death: 20/05/1925

Cause of Death: Internal Haemorrhage

Service Number: 246

Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Brisbane

Unit: E Company, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 23/02/1900

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): TPR, Date Effective: 31/08/1916

Murray Page: 246

Contingent: Third Queensland

Ship: SS Duke of Portland, Date of Sailing: 01/03/1900

Memorial details: Detail not available

Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Personal Characteristics: Born in England, he began his training to be an officer in the Merchant Navy when he left the ship in Melbourne and found his way to Torrens Creek, North Queensland. He enlisted with the Bushmen's Contingent of 26 men at Charters Towers before travelling by train to Townsville and thence via the 'SS Barcoo' to Brisbane. After 28 days in camp collecting his gear, visiting the rifle range at Toowong and being sworn in for service in South Africa, he left Brisbane on the 'SS Duke of Portland" on 1/3/1900.

Reasons to go and fight: I do not know - he died nearly 20 years before I was born.

Details of service in war: My grandfather's first port of call was Cape Town then into Rhodesia via the port of Beira in Portuguese East Africa. He spent most of his service in Rhodesia and gradually came south through Bechuanaland, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony; leaving Cape Town on the 9th May 1901 for Australia on the 'SS Morayshire'.

Service and life after the Boer War: Ben Hore returned to Torrens Creek and continued kangaroo shooting until he married Florence Frances Quirke 24/12/1902 in Hughenden. They had five sons, Benjamin, Alfred, William, Herbert and Thomas. Ben senior served in the 5th Light Horse (25th Reinforcement) in WW1 in Egypt and Palestine. After returning from that war on 5 March 1919, Ben became a 'soldier settler' in the Torrens Creek district.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Margaret Rittway, Toowoomba QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Granddaughter

 


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