The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Gunner William Clare |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: WILLIAM ERNEST CLARE
Ancestor's date of birth: 29/03/1878
Ancestor's date of death: 31/12/1941
Cause of Death: OLD AGE
Service Number: 2608
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney
Unit: A Battey Royal Australian Artillery
Rank attained in Boer War: GNR, Date Effective: 1898
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post war service
Murray Page: 54
Contingent: Second New South Wales
Ship: Warrigal, Date of Sailing: 30/12/1899
Memorial details: North Fort Artillery Museum, Manly NSW
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with 4 clasps: Cape colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Was already serving as a permanent Artilleryman
Details of service in war: February 1900 - August 1901 in Cape Colony and Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 15 September 1901 on the Harlech Castle, he then served in the NSW Police.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: BRIAN BUCKLEY CLARE, Wahroonga NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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