The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper Roland Freer |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Roland St Lawrence Freer
Ancestor's date of birth: 1867
Ancestor's date of death: 1949
Cause of Death: Age related
Service Number: 834
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney
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 Boer War service.
Murray Page: 114
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: Custodian or Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 15/03/1901
Memorial details: Detail not provided.
Decorations: QSA with clasps: Transvaal, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, SA 1901, SA1902.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in west then east Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 4 June 1902. No further details provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Lila Tanner, Collaroy NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter
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