The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Lance Corporal David Fuller |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: David Patrick Fuller
Ancestor's date of birth: 21/10/1874
Ancestor's date of death: 06/11/1963
Cause of Death: Old Age
Service Number: 368
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Beulah
Unit: 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman
Rank attained in Boer War: LCPL, Date Effective: 1901
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post war service
Murray Page: 268
Contingent: Fourth Victorian Contingent
Ship: Victorian, Date of Sailing: 01/05/1900
Memorial details: Ouyen Cemetery Victoria
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Rhodesia and SA 1901 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Volunteering spirit
Details of service in war: May 1900 - June 1901 in Rhodesia, west Transvaal, Cape Colony including relief of Philipstown (11 February 1901), capture of Boer guns at Read's Drift (23 February), and capture of Boer patrol near Doornkloof (1 March 1901); may have seen garrison duty in Rhodesia.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 12 July 1901 on the Orient.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Elaine Tynan, North Balwyn VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand-daughter
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