William (Bill) MONTGOMERIE

William (Bill) MONTGOMERIE Update Details

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Service Number:	1602
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Born:	Glascow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1869
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Dysentery, No. 17 General Hospital, Standerton, South Africa, 30 April 1902
Cemetery:	Standerton Garden Of Remembrance, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 1602
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1602, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
26 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1602, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Sydney on SS "British Princess" to arrive at Durban on 17 April 1901.
17 Apr 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1602, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Campaigned in Eastern Transvaal and in the Eastern Orange River Colony.
26 Apr 1902:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1602, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Reported dangerously ill in Standerton with dysentery. [Patient at No. 17 General Hospital, Standerton]
30 Apr 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1602, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, D.O.D.

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