Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: John Henry Anderson (Andersen)
Ancestor's date of birth: 10/01/1881
Ancestor's date of death: 26/04/1901
Cause of Death: KIA Oliphant's River, South Africa.
Service Number: 157.
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD Place of Enlistment: Mount Morgan.
Unit: 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment.
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Did not survive Boer War.
Murray Page: 496 and 541.
Contingent: Fifth Queensland.
Ship: Templemore Date of Sailing: 06/03/1901
Memorial details: Pietersburg G of R. Central Memorial.
Decorations: Queens South Africa Medal with clasp.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: In east Transvaal, Killed in action at Oliphant's River 26 April 1901.
Service and life after the Boer War: Did not survive Boer War
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Margaret Collier, Blackburn North VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great niece
Name of Descendant: Philip Thomas Pinch, Manilla NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great NephewName of Descendant: Matthew Pinch, Northmead NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Nephew
