Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Francis Charles Fulton Reid

Ancestor's date of birth: 30/12/1885

Ancestor's date of death: 24/06/1961

Cause of Death: age related

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Born in the district of Bruce, NZ. He had served with the Bruce district Mounted Rifles for 9 months prior to enlistment. He was a labourer by trade at this time.

Service Number: 7953

Colony or State of enlistment: Not Australia, Place of Enlistment: Dunedin , New Zealand

Unit: 'A' Squadron 9^th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, South Island Regiment

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 01/03/1902

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service

Murray Page: Not applicable did not serve in an Australian unit.

Contingent: Ninth New Zealand

Ship: SS Kent, Date of Sailing: 12/03/1902

Memorial details: War Memorial Theatre Gisnorne NZ

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and South Africa 1902 clasps.

Personal Characteristics: 169 cm tall, Fair complexion, grey eyes, brown hair. His character was described on his record as Very Good

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: Formed in March 1902, the Ninth Contingent was comprised by men who had initially not been accepted into the Eighth. It was divided into two regiments. The South Island Regiment sailed from Port Chalmers aboard the SS Kent, while the North Island Regiment sailed from Auckland aboard the SS Devon. One of its members, Lieutenant Robert McKeich, was the last to be killed in combat after being shot during a confrontation with three Boers four days after the official surrender.

Service and life after the Boer War: He was living at Manutuke at the time of his death.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Sue Talbot, St Ives NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Third Cousin

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