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Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper William Wittingslow |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: William Joseph Wittingslow
Ancestor's date of birth: 19/10/1878
Ancestor's date of death: 07/10/1960
Cause of Death: Coronary oclusion, Arteriosclerosis
Service Number: 2398
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Castlemaine
Unit: 4 BN AUST CMWLTH HORSE (VIC)
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 11/02/1902
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: 323
Contingent: Second Australian
Ship: Templemore or Englishman, Date of Sailing: 26/03/1902
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations:
Queen Victoria Medal TransvaalKing's South Africa Medal - 1902 Clasp (webmaster edit)Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: No service seen by unit.
Service and life after the Boer War: Married Hannah Baxter, four children - Dorothy, Ena, Charles, Norman.
Tanner - Good hard working family man, who spent many hours in the garden particularly his vegetable garden, one of the first members of the RSL Essendon Branch.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Norman William Wittingslow, Aberfeldie VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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