The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Private John Vogler |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: John Oliver Vogler
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1876
Ancestor's date of death: 01/01/1948
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: 69
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Melbourne
Unit: Beaufort WTG
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: Detail not provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: Specialist service
Contingent: Detail not provided
Ship: Detail not provided, Date of Sailing: 21/02/1900
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: BW medal
Personal Characteristics: Small man non smoker and non drinker
Reasons to go and fight: Specialist telegraphist with the Post Office in Melbourne
Details of service in war: BW medal details 69 PTE JO Vogler Beaufort WTG
Service and life after the Boer War: stayed on in south Africa working as a telegraphist with the post office until early retirement in about 1924 lived in upwey victoria member of a number of local organisations and a justice of the peace.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Roy John Theyers, Boronia VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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