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Private James Vearing

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: James Vearing

Ancestor's date of birth: 11/07/1874

Ancestor's date of death: 05/02/1968

Cause of Death: Detail not provided

Service Number: 14

Colony or State of enlistment: VIC Place of Enlistment: Melbourne

Unit: VMR

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: Detail not provided

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided

Murray Page: 224

Contingent: 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles

Ship: SS Medic, Date of Sailing: 28th October 1899

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, Cape Colony and Orange Free State.

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: Detail not provided

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia on board the S.S. Harlech Castle. Farmer.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Alexander Vearing, Rankins Springs NSW

Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson


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