The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper John King |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: John Thomas King
Ancestor's date of birth: 1868?
Ancestor's date of death: 19/04/1902
Cause of Death: Dysentery
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Farmer labourer, Bathurst NSW
Service Number: 1496
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Bathurst
Unit: 3rd Third New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 1901
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Did not return from the Boer War.
Murray Page: 131
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: British Princess, Date of Sailing: 21/03/1901
Memorial details: Bathurst Boer War Memorial.
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Orange Free State, Transvaal, SA 1901 and SA 1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in Free State and East Transvaal under Rimington including Boer breakthrough at Langverwacht (24 February 1902).
Service and life after the Boer War: Did not return from the Boer War.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Geoffrey James King, EPPING NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Uncle
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