The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper Robert Saunders |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Robert John Saunders
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided
Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided
Cause of Death: Cancer
Service Number: 852
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post war service
Murray Page: 120
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: Custodian or Maplemore Date of Sailing: 17/03/1901
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen's Medal 5 clasps- Cape Colony, Orange free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901-1902
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 This 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles were engaged in operations against Boer Generals De La Rey,Kemp,Poteitiers and Vermaas. They served in Western Transvaal under the command of Major General Fetherslonhaugh. They also served in the Eastern Transvaal, they engaged in many night marched resulting in over 1,000 prisoners being captured.
Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Jacquelene Rosa Green, Moore's Pocket QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter
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