CHISHOLM, Alexander John Henry
| Service Number: | 2437 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Bellinger River District, New South Wales, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Coffs Harbour, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Measles, Kroonstadt, South Africa, Kroonstad, South Africa, 15 September 1901 |
| Cemetery: |
Kroonstad Old Cemetery, Free State, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Driver, 2437, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
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| 21 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Driver, 2437, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Machine Gun Section embarked on Transport "Ranee". Disembarked at Durban on 23 April 1901. | |
| 15 Sep 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Driver, 2437, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, D.O.D. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maurice Kissane
Alex John Henry Chisholm was born in the Bellinger River District of Northern New South Wales. He was born in 1879. He had two older sisters but was the first son born to Alex and Elizabeth Chisholm (Nee Creeam). His father gave his first born son his own name. Alex had nine younger siblings. He roved the outback for his to work as a Drover.
His droving skills included driving wagon teams on long drives. Hence, when he volunteered to Boer War Mounted Rifles, Alex was mustered as a Machine Gun Section Driver. He served in the 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifle's Machine Gun Section.
Alex, however, who had spent his youth droving, was not immune to childhood diseases such as measles. That can be fatal to an adult who had never had that contageous disease. Alex died on the veldt from that insideous but hidden enemy. Disease claimed almost one half of the Boer War casualties. Lest We Forget.
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