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KNOX, Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 450 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 5 November 1876 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Kilda State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station overseer |
| Died: | Accidental (drowned), Wanderboom, South Africa, 26 February 1901, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), St Kilda Boer War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 450 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 450, Victorian Citizen Bushmen | |
| 10 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 450, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Departed Port Melbourne of the "Euryalus" Troopship. Disembarked at Beira in Portuguese Mozambique on 3rd April 1900. Entrained to Rhodesia to form Regiments. | |
| 4 Aug 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 450, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Elands River | |
| 26 Feb 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 450, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Drowned. |
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