The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Private Charles Sharp |
Ancestor Details
Acsestor's Name: Charles Octavius Sharp
Ancestor's date of birth: 02/05/1868
Ancestor's date of death: 31/08/1955
Cause of Death: Natural
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Details not provided
Service Number: 107
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Detail Not Provided
Unit: 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service
Murray Page: 451
Contingent: First Queensland
Ship: Cornwall, Date of Sailing: 01/11/1899
Memorial details: Queensland Mounted Infantry Museum Enoggera
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: December 1899 - December 1900 in northwest Cape Colony including victory over Boer contingent at Sunnyside (1 January 1900), Free State, and east Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 17 January 1901 on the Orient.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Rodsney (Rod) Hunt-Sharp, Graceville QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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