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Lieutenant George Legge

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor:George Herbert Legge

Ancestor's date of birth: 01/05/1868

Ancestor's date of death: 25/05/1957

Cause of Death: Not stated

Service Number: Officer - no number

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided

Unit: D Squadron, 1st NSW Mounted Rifles

Rank attained in Boer War: LT, Date Effective: 01/01/19

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No post war service details provided

Murray Page: 67

Contingent: First New South Wales

Ship: Southern Cross Date, of Sailing: 17/01/1900

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal 4 clasps

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: February 1900 - March 1901 in Free State, Transvaal, and western Cape Colony including charge at Diamond Hill (12 June 1900).

Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: George Legge, Melbourne VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Nephew

 


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