Trooper Thomas Borlase

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Thomas Harvey Borlase

Ancestor's date of birth: 12/10/1867

Ancestor's date of death: 01/01/1920

Cause of Death: Detail not provided

Service Number: 81

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided

Unit: New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 01/01/1900

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): SPR, Date Effective: 20/10/1914

Murray Page: 76

Contingent: Third New South Wales

Ship: Atlantian or Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 28/02/1900

Memorial details: Thomas' family are currently working on, somehow, getting a memorial plate made for his unmarked grave at Sandgate Cemetery, NSW. They are lucky to have some help from the Sandgate Cemetery researcher. The local Mens shed have made a white wooden cross for him in the meantime.

Decorations: DCM Elands River Post, Queen's South Afrca Medal with Rhodesia, Transvaal and South Africa 1902 clasps. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: April 1900 - April 1901 in Rhodesia, west Transvaal including defence of Elands River Post (4-16 August 1900), and under Plumer in northern Transvaal, great De Wet hunt (February - March 1901) and advance on Petersburg.

Service and life after the Boer War: Coal Miner joined the AIF 13/10/1914 no 171, 7th light Horse, then joined the engineers.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Christoper Thomas Harvey, Oakleigh VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great nephew

Name of Descendant: Marika Borlase, North Warrandyte VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great niece

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