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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	22 January 1901, Pre-War Army Reserve Officer.
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 April 1855
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Civil Servant and Army Reserve Officer
Died:	Killed In Action, Rhenoster Kop, South Africa, 7 May 1901, aged 46 years
Cemetery:	Old Middelburg Municipal Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Memorials:	Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square)

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Captain, Officer, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
22 Jan 1901:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, Officer, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Pre-War Army Reserve Officer.
15 Feb 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, Officer, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Port Melbourne on the "Orient" Troopship.
24 Mar 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, Officer, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
7 May 1901:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, Officer, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, W.I.A. at Rhenoster Kop.
9 May 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, Officer, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, D.O.W. in Brugspruit Hospital.

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