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MCCLURE, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 432 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent |
| Born: | Allandale, Victoria, Australia, 21 January 1873 |
| Home Town: | Won Wron, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bush Sawyer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, No 38 Stationary Hospital, Rustenburg, North-West Province, South Africa, 26 July 1900, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Old Cemetery, Rustenburg, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Kyneton & District Boer War Honour Roll, Sale Boer War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 432 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 432, Victorian Citizen Bushmen | |
| 10 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 432, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Departed from Melbourne for Beira in East Africa on the "Euryalus" Transport. | |
| 3 Apr 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 432, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Disembarked at Beira to entrain for Marandellas. For service in Rhodesian Field Force. | |
| 22 Jul 1900: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 432, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Relief of Mafeking, W.I.A. at Koster River. (Boer Ambush). | |
| 26 Jul 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 432, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, D.O.W. in Hospital. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James McCLURE was born in Allandale, Victoria in 1873
His parents were James McCLURE & Elizabeth MORGAN
He died of Wounds in Rustenberg Hospital on 26th July, 1900
He is buried in the Rustenburg Cemetery in South Africa
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