George Edward TUSON DSO

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TUSON, George Edward

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	Unspecified British Units
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 26 June 1871
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Rockhampton Grammar School
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Nairobi, Kenya, 9 December 1936, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Captain, Officer, Unspecified British Units

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Son of George TUSON and Mary Burgess TUSON nee TREGURTHA

Husband of Sarah Maria Isabel TUSON nee WILLIAMS

Entered 16th Lancers 1890, became Capt. 1899, Major 1903 (retired 1909); now Col. Reserve of Officers; Chitral Relief Force 1895 (medal with clasp), N-W Frontier of India 1897-98 (medal with clasp), S. Africa 1899-1900, present at relief of Kimberley (despatches, DSO); appointed an AAG

DSO - London Gazette, 27 Sept 1901 - In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa

Buried Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery

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