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BARBOUR, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 94 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia, 1869 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Bloemfontein Hospital, South Australia, 6 May 1900 |
| Cemetery: |
President Brand Cemetery, Bloemfontein, South Africa Plot 309. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square) |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 94 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 94, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
| 28 Oct 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 94, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles, Departed from Port Melbourne on the SS "Medic" Troop Transport. | |
| 26 Nov 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 94, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles, The Boer Offensive | |
| 6 May 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 94, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles, D.O.D. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Robert BARBOUR was born in Victoria in 1869
His parents were Robert BARBOUR & Marion ROBB
He died of Enteric Fever in Bloemfontein Hospital on 6th May, 1900 and is buried in the President Brand Hospital in South Africa
Biography
1st Victorian Mounted Rifles. Was converted to Mounted Infantry at Naauwpoort, on 1 Februay 1900
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