The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper Charles Fenton |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Charles Lindsay Fenton
Ancestor's date of birth: 1880
Ancestor's date of death: 04/08/1960
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Detail not provided
Service Number: 109
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney
Unit: 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 1901
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 114
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: Custodian, Date of Sailing: 13/03/1901
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal, SA 1901 and SA 1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in west then east Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Garage Proprietor and Alderman on Waverley Council including terms as Mayor.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Gilbert Fenton Thomas, Mosman NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Nephew
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