The Australian Boer War Memorial
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Trooper James Treweek |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: James John Treweek
Ancestor's date of birth: 19/07/1874
Ancestor's date of death: 25/10/1962
Cause of Death: (a)Renial Failure (b)Arteriosclerosis (c)Senility
Service Number: 267
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: C Sqn, 1st Australian Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): GNR, Date Effective: 10/10/1918
Murray Page: 82
Contingent: Third New South Wales
Ship: Atlantian or Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 28/02/1900
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen and King's South Africa medals with clasps, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Personal Characteristics: Height: 1.71 m, Weight: 72 kg, of dark complexion with brown eyes and hair (WW1 service record, 1918).
Reasons to go and fight: Not known to me
Details of service in war: April 1900 - April 1901 in Rhodesia, west Transvaal including defence of Elands River Post (4-16 August 1900), in northern Transvaal including great De Wet hunt (February - March 1901) and advance on Petersburg.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia 11 June 1901. Re enlisted 12 March 1918, suffered influenza when he arrived in the UK on 26 Augus 1918, 53819 Gnr J.J. Treweek 11th FAB arrived in France after the war ended (22 November 1918) was discharged 8th October 1919. Returned to the farm near Nangus, NSW.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Leon Mark Treweek, Rutherford NSW 2320
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grandson
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