John Stephen HURST

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Service Number:	87
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Victorian Imperial Bushman
Born:	Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, 26 December 1861
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Occupation:	Ballarat Stock Exchange Agent
Died:	Killed in Action, Zuilfontein, South Africa, 27 April 1901, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	St James' Anglican Church in Graaf-Reinet, South Africa He is memorialized on a marble tablet Was buried on Stretch's Farm in Mayford. [That Ragged Mob p391]
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square)

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1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 87
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 87
1 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 87, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman
27 Apr 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 87, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Killed in Action.

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