The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Private William Tweedie |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: William George Tweedie (Murray Reference Tweedy)
Ancestor's date of birth: 1880
Ancestor's date of death: 1930
Cause of Death: unkown
Service Number: 99
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney
Unit: A Squadron 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service
Murray Page: 34
Contingent: First New South Wales
Ship: Aberdeen, Date of Sailing: 03/11/1899
Memorial details: Details not provided.
Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony and Orange Free State clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Details not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Details not provided.
Details of service in war: Served from December 1899 in Cape Colony, Free State, and Transvaal. Wounded at Klipkraal 17 February 1900 and Thaba Nchu 30 April 1900. Invalided to Australia arriving 6 August 1900.
Service and life after the Boer War: Worked for the railways. Sired 8 children.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: William Hedley Tweedie, Tumbi Umbi NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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