The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Sergeant Samuel King |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Samuel KING
Ancestor's date of birth: 17/01/1882
Ancestor's date of death: Not known
Cause of Death: Not known
Service Number: 804 and 383
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Goulburn
Unit: NSW IMPERIAL BUSHMEN and 5BN AUST COMMONWEALTH HORSE
Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: 1902?
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War service
Murray Page: 97 and 193
Contingent: Fourth New South Wales and Third Australian
Ship: Armenian Date, of Sailing: 23/04/1900
Ship: Columbian, Date of Sailing: 22/05/1902
Memorial details: None known
Decorations: Queen and King's South Africa Medals with clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: In NSWIB, May 1900 - May 1901 in Rhodesia and west Transvaal including capture of de la Rey's convoy and guns at Wildfontein (24 March 1901). 5 Bn ACH arrived after the war had ended.
Service and life after the Boer War: He stayed in South Africa and no one seems to know what happended to him.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Kerry Meagher, SAWTELL NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Partner's great uncle
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