The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Private James McKerlie |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: James McKerlie
Ancestor's date of birth: 21/04/1872
Ancestor's date of death: 17/03/1913
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: 1589 (VMR) and 232 (ACH)
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Langwarren
Unit: 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles and 6 Bn Australian Commonwealth Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: rivate, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 300 and 330
Contingent: Fifth Victorian and Third Australian
Ship: Orient, Date of Sailing: 15/02/1901
Ship: Manchester, Date of Sailing: 16/05/1902
Memorial details: VMR Memorial, Melbourne.
Decorations: Queen and King's South Africa medals with clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: From March 1901 in east Transvaal and Natal frontier, including defeat at Wilmansrust (12 June 1901), and successful intervention at Onverwacht (4 January 1902); heaviest casualties of any Australian contingent, at Wilmansrust suffered the costliest defeat. The 6 ACH arrived too late for any fignting.
Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Barbara Janet Clink, Port Albert VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: grand-daughter
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