The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper William McCusker |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: William Francis McCusker
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided.
Ancestor's date of death: 08/11/1936
Cause of Death: Not Known
Service Number: 468
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW Place of Enlistment: Bathurst NSW
Unit: D Squadron
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: Detail not provided.
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided.
Murray Page: 84
Contingent: NSW Citizens Bushman Contingent
Ship: Atlantian or Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 28/02/1900
Memorial details: Rookwood NSW
Decorations: Queens Medal with clasps. Transvaal, Orange Free State,Rhodesia, Cape Colony
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: Invalided to Australia 13th December 1900. B.C.& D Squadrons took part in a service engagement at Koster's River on July 22nd, in attempting to relieve the Eland's River Garrison.
Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Mervyn William Thompson, Yagoona NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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