The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper Richard Garrard |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Richard Milton Garrard
Ancestor's date of birth: 11/08/1883
Ancestor's date of death: 13/09/1969
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Student and Farm hand on a Beef Cattle property.
Service Number: 2845
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Lismore?
Unit: 3 NSW Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 1901
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No post Boer War service
Murray Page: 139
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: Antillian, Date of Sailing: 5/04/1901
Memorial details: No detail
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and Free State clasps
Personal Characteristics: Honest and hard working
Reasons to go and fight: Patriotism and seemed to be the right thing to do. Put his age up to enlist.
Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in Free State and East Transvaal including Boer breakthrough at Langverwacht (24 February 1902).
Service and life after the Boer War: No further service. Various occupations including butcher, tree feller, and bullock team driver. Married in 1904 and had 14 children.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Wayne John Garrard Alstonville NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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