Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Osborne Alexander Chilcott
Ancestor's date of birth: 11/09/1880
Ancestor's date of death: 1958, Kew Victoria (Age 78)
Cause of Death: Unknown
Service Number: 805
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Tamworth
Unit: NSW LANCERS
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: Detail not provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): CPL, Date Effective: 10/09/1914
Murray Page: 11
Contingent: First New South Wales
Ship: Nineveh Sailed from London 10/11/1899.
Memorial details: Parramatta Park Memorial, NSW Lancers' Memorial Museum, Parramatta NSW, Boer War Memorial Park in Maitland Park, Maitland NSW.
Decorations: Queens South Africa Medal with clasps: BELMONT, PAARDEBERG, RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY, DRIEFONTEIN, TRANSVAAL. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Personal Characteristics: Must've been impressed by the NSW Lancers as he had the 'Crest' tattooed on his left arm as noted in his joining papers for WW1.
Reasons to go and fight: Was training with Lancer Squadron in the UK, chose to serve with his fellow Lancers in South Africa
Details of service in war: November 1899 - December 1900 in northern Cape Colony, Free State, and east Transvaal; with French's cavalry division from relief of Kimberley (February 1900) to sweep to Heidelberg (October 1900);
Service and life after the Boer War: World War 1 Service, 2nd Light Horse landing at Gallipoli (9 May 1915), then served in Egypt and Palestine. Served to 11 April 1916 - disembarked Sydney on 12 May 1916.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Rae Elizabeth Williams, Gillieston Heights NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Maternal Great NieceName of Descendant: Dianne Richards, LOWER BELFORD NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great nieceName of Descendant: Allan Chilcott, THE OAKS NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great nephewName of Descendant: Valerie Pelgrave, ADAMSTOWN NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: NieceName of Descendant: Daryl Haile, RATHMINES NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great nephewName of Descendant: Denise Hope, EMRALD QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great niece
