Simon MCLENNAN

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Service Number:	83
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Born:	Portsea, Hampshire, England, 1881
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Law Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, Colesberg, South Africa, Colesberg, Colesberg Area, Cape Colony, South Africa, 28 February 1900
Cemetery:	Colesberg Cemetery, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 83
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 83, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
3 Mar 1900:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 83, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles

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Simon McLENNAN was born in Portsea, England in 1881

His parents were Simon McLENNAN & Lydia BAILEY who married in Portsea in 1881

Simon died of wounds in Colesberg, South Africa on 3rd March, 1900 and is buried in the Colesberg Military Cemetery

He was a Private with the 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, E Squadron

Medal: Queens South Africa Medal