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CRICHTON, David Ross
Service Number: | 664 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
Born: | Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia, 1872 |
Home Town: | Shaw, Blayney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Shaw School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Enteric Fever, No. 17 General Hospital, Standerton, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 2 February 1902 |
Cemetery: |
Standerton Garden Of Remembrance, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blayney Boer War Memorial (Rededicated), Blayney Boer War Memorial Lamp (Original), Sydney St. James Anglican Church 2nd Regiment Mounted Rifles Boer War Memorial Window and Plaque |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 664 | |
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1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 664, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
15 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 664, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Sydney to disembark at Port Elizabeth on 17 April 1901. | |
2 Feb 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 664, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, D.O.D. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
David Ross CRICHTON was born in Carcoar, NSW in 1872
His parents were James McRitchie CRICHTON & Mary Elizabeth KILMINSTER who married in NSW in 1868 (reg in Albury)
He served during the Boer War with the 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles and died from Enteric Fever in Standerton, South Africa on 2nd February, 1902
It was originally stated he died in Pretoria but that information was changed by the War Office
He was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal