Harry George MAIN

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MAIN, Harry George

Service Number:	599
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Payneham, South Australia, 15 August 1877
Home Town:	Burnside (SA), Burnside City Council, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, Standerton, South Africa, Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 9 June 1901, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Reitz Garden of Remembrance, Reitz, Free State, South Africa
Memorials:	Adelaide Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide St Peter's Cathedral Boer War Honour Roll

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 599, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 599, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

Biography

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Saturday 22 June 1901

TROOPER MAIN.

The late Trooper Main was 24 years old, and a single man. His father is Mr. Walter Main, of Stonyfell, near Burnside. The young soldier was a butcher by occupation, and he had an idea that if he went to the war he would be able to secure "something good" in the way of a situation. In his last communication to his parents he referred to the prospect of his getting to the front. "We hope to have a little fun when we get there," he recently wrote. The deceased soldier was at one period of his life a member of the Oddfellows' order.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87806219

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