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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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