MAIN, Harry George
| Service Number: | 599 |
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| 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 |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 599, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 599, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen |
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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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