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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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