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Corporal (later Sergeant) James Cairns

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: James Alfred Cairns

Ancestor's date of birth: 05/01/1864

Ancestor's date of death: 26/10/1954

Cause of Death: Old Age

Service Number: 93

Colony or State of enlistment: QLD Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided

Unit: 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry

Rank attained in Boer War: CPL, Date Effective: 1900

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): SGT, Date Effective: 03/05/1915

Murray Page: 469

Contingent: Third Queensland

Ship: Duke of Portland, Date of Sailing: 02/03/1900

Other Boer War Service: Nil.

Memorial details: Details not provided

Decorations: Queen and King's South Africa Medal with clasps, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Personal Characteristics: Civil occupation saddler, Height: 1.66 m, Weight: 47.6 kg (1915)

Reasons to go and fight: Details not provided

Details of service in war: April 1900 - April 1901 in Rhodesia, west Transvaal including relief of Mafeking (16-17 May 1900), defeat at Koster River (22 July 1900) and defence of Elands River Post (4-16 August 1900), in northern Transvaal including battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900), and advance on Pietersburg.

I have his personal Dairy of Day to Day events from September 10 until He departed for Australia.

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned on the SS Morayshire from Capetown 8 May 1901. Joined 11 Light Horse Regiment 9 March 1915, was made a saddler sergeant with Regimental Headquarters, embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 2 June 1915, served at Gallipoli and in Palestine, was ill, returned to Australia 5 July 1916.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Robert Frederick Scott, Redlands QLD

Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

 


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