The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper Farquhar Williamson |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Farquhar George Williamson
Ancestor's date of birth: 26/02/1879
Ancestor's date of death: 13/05/1962
Cause of Death: natural causes
Service Number: 124
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 1 Bn Australian Commonwealth Horse (NSW)
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post was service
Murray Page: 174
Contingent: First Australian
Ship: Custodian or Manchester Merchant, Date of Sailing: 16 or 18/02/1902
Memorial details: Details not provided
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and 1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: George, the name he went by, worked as a bushman, shearing, fencing, and other jobs around the stations of the time.
Reasons to go and fight: Details not provided
Details of service in war: March - May 1902 on Natal border and west Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 9-13 August 1902 on Drayton Grange. Married Beatrice Jane BAKER 1906 at Quirindi NSW. Lived at Wallabadah where 10 children were born. Farquhar and Beatrice moved their family to Tamworth in 1929. He took a great interest in the soldiers on leave at Tamworth during WW2, joining a group that gave them cups of tea and entertainment while they were on leave in Tamworth.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Stephen Dominic Hobbs, Aberdeen NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Patricia Mary Hobbs, Aberdeen NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand daughterName of Descendant: Paul Maxwell Hobbs, Aberdeen NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Dianne Eizabeth Schofield, Tamworth NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: grand daughterName of Descendant: Diane Margaret Callinan, Charlestown NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand-daughterName of Descendant: James Callinan, Lilyfields NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: great-grandsonName of Descendant: Emma Elias, Belfield NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: great grand-daughterName of Descendant: Max Williamson, Moss Vale NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Joanne Tier, Woonona NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: GranddaughterName of Descendant: David Ronald McIlveen, Warral NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson.Name of Descendant: Helen Elizabeth Tumbers (nee Hobbs), Toronot NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: GranddaughterName of Descendant: Danielle Therese Reed (nee Tumbers), Wallsend NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great granddaughterName of Descendant: Elizabeth Jean Budden (nee Lamb), Muswellbrook NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: GranddaughterName of Descendant: Paul Maxwell Tumbers, Kilaben Bay NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grandson
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