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Sergeant Hamilton Yaldwyn

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Hamilton St Clair Yaldwyn

Ancestor's date of birth: 03/12/1871

Ancestor's date of death: 17/07/1916

Cause of Death: Pheumonia

Service Number: 33

Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Brisbane

Unit: Queensland Imperial Bushman

Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: 01/06/1900

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): LT, Date Effective: Detail not provided

Murray Page: 480

Contingent: 4th Queensland Contingent

Ship: Manchester Port, Date of Sailing: 18/05/1900

Other Boer War Service: Lieutenant, Captain, in the 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse (did not see action).

Memorial details: Toowoong Cemetery Brisbane Qld

Decorations: Detail not provided

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: Embarked on Transport Britannic on the 5th July 1901 together with members of West Ausralian,Tasmanian and NSW Contingents with whom the 4th had served the whole time. Arrived in Brisbane 5th August 1901 and the unit was disbanded on the 10th August 1901.

Service and life after the Boer War: Served as a Lieutenant with the 5th Light Horse, 11th Reinforcements, served in Eygpt, WW1.

Click Here for Hamilton's documentation.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Marilyn Nawrath, Norman Gardens QLD

Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great Niece


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