The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper Samuel Heathwood |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Samuel James (sometimes known as John) Heathwood
Ancestor's date of birth: 1883
Ancestor's date of death: 1969
Cause of Death: Detail not provided.
Service Number: 3471
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: NSW Imperial Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 01/01/19
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 155
Contingent: Fourth New South Wales
Ship: Armenian, Date of Sailing: 23/04/1900
Memorial details: Buried Springvale cemetery near Oakleigh in Victoria .
Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa with Rhodesia and Transvaal clasps
Personal Characteristics: Born in Cootamundra NSW.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: 1900 - May 1901 in Rhodesia and west Transvaal including capture of de la Rey's convoy and guns at Wildfontein (24 March 1901).
Service and life after the Boer War: Died in South Oakleigh Victoria.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Alan Dudley Ratcliffe, KOONDOOLA WA
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Peter John Breen, Warwick QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: grandson
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