The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Sergeant Joseph Vardy |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Joseph Francis Vardy
Ancestor's date of birth: 20/05/1874
Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided
Cause of Death: Unknown
Service Number: 221
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 4th Queensalnd Imperial Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: 29/12/1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post war service
Murray Page: 484
Contingent: Fourth Queensland.
Ship: Manchester Post, Date of Sailing: 18/05/1900
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen and King's South Africa medals with clasps
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: Went to South Africa as a private, promoted corporal 01/06/1900, sergeant 29/12/1900. Saw service June 1900 - June 1901 in Free State, Transvaal, and battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900), great De Wet hunt and advance on Pietersburg and into east Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 5 August 1901 on the Britannic. No other details provided
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Noreen Murray, Gulgong NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Niece
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