The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper (later Colonel) Charles Cameron Stuart |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Charles Cameron Stuart
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1887
Ancestor's date of death: 02/12/1961
Cause of Death: Cause not stated but passed away in Los Angeles California USA
Service Number: 202
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Parramatta
Unit: 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): COL, Date Effective: 1939?
Murray Page: 121
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: Custodian or Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 17/03/1901
Memorial details: Details not available
Decorations: King's South Africa Medal with 1901 and 1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: A very special individual in everyway. He was born in Parramatta NSW, he lied to join the Army and said he was born in 1885.
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: Returned to Australia: 4 June 1902. After the Boer War he migrated to the USA and fought in WW1 as an officer in Alsace Lorraine. In WW2 he served in Scotland, France, Germany, serving as a Colonel in the US Army.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Michelle Stuart, New York NY USA
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter
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