HARKUS, Rowland Edward
| Service Number: | 67 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 December 1899, Reinforcements (Parramatta Half Squadron) |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | New South Wales Lancers |
| Born: | "Kyle" Moruya, New South Wales, 17 July 1869 |
| Home Town: | Moruya, Eurobodalla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postman & Part time Trooper |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Bloemfontein Hospital, South Africa, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 4 April 1900, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
President Brand Cemetery, Bloemfontein, South Africa unmarked grave |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parramatta Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 67 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 67, New South Wales Lancers | |
| 19 Dec 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 67, New South Wales Lancers, Reinforcements (Parramatta Half Squadron) | |
| 6 Jan 1900: | Promoted Corporal, New South Wales Lancers | |
| 17 Jan 1900: | Embarked Corporal, 67, New South Wales Lancers, s.s. Moravian, Sydney | |
| 4 Apr 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 67, New South Wales Lancers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Rowland Edward ( Ben) HARKUS was born on 17th July, 1869 in Moruya, NSW
His parents were William Theodore HARKUS and Amelia DeGaris YABSLEY
He joined the NSW Lancers and was part of the 2nd Contingent to go to South Africa which left Sydney on 17th January 1900 on the S.S. Moravian.
Rowland married in 1891 in Moruya to Armida Hermina Francisca ZIEGLER and had two children Dorothy & Rowland
Rowland died on 4th April, 1900 of Enteric Fever in Bloemfontein Hospital, South Africa
He is buried in President Brand Cemetery and also memoralized in the Australian War Memorial and the Boer War Memorial in Parramatta Park and also the memorial at Bloemfontein Cemetery.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Cumberland Argus & Fruitgrowers Advocate dated 12th May, 1900
Rowland Edward Harkus was the best known man in the Lancers regiment of New South Wales. He was a native of Moruya and for years was in the Postal Department of this colony, at first down on the South Coast and since the 17th May, 1892 at Parramatta. He was born on 17th July 1869 and so would have been 31 years Corporal Harkus was a married man, his wife having been forermly Miss A H F Ziegler of Pompey Point, Moruya. The young ladys father like her husbands was one of the pioneers of the Moruya district. Two children were the issue of the marriage, a girl and a boy , the eldest being now about six or seven years of age
Same newspaper dated 6th April, 1902
HARKUS - In loving memory of my late beloved husband Corporal Rowland Edward Harkus who died of fever in the Bloemfontein Hospital, South Africa April 4th, 1900. Inserted by his loving wife
HARKUS - Corporal R E Harkus NSW Lancers died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein, South Africa, April 4, 1900
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - further information on Rowland
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PAFU2014/130.01/ (www.awm.gov.au)
CEMETERY INFORMATION & PHOTO
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86738114 (www.findagrave.com)
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