The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Corporal Peter Post |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Peter James Post
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1872
Ancestor's date of death: 30/08/1928
Cause of Death: Coronary Disease
Service Number: 91 and 2225
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 4 Victorian Imperial Bushmen and Australian Imperial Regiment
Rank attained in Boer War: CPL, Date Effective: 01/05/1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: 262
Contingent: Fourth Victorian
Ship: Victorian, Date of Sailing: 01/05/1900
Memorial details: VMR Memorial Melbourne, Ceremonial Tree Plant at the National Arboretum, Canberra.
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medals with clasps. British War Medal, Victory Medal. Australia Service Medal 1939-1945.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: May 1900 - June 1901 in Rhodesia, west Transvaal under Cape Colony including relief of Philipstown (11 February 1901), capture of Boer guns at Read's Drift (23 February), and capture of Boer patrol near Doornkloof (1 March 1901).
Service and life after the Boer War: Joined 1916, and served in 3 Pioneer Battalion AIF in WW2.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Lyn Hudson-Williamson, Belconnen ACT 2617
Relationship to Ancestor: First Cousin 2X Removed
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