MONTGOMERY, George Arthur
| Service Number: | 75 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | New South Wales Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | 1881, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street High School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Zeerust, North West Province, South Africa, 27 October 1900 |
| Cemetery: |
Zeerust Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Windsor and District Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 75, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 23 Apr 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 75, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, Embarked from Sydney on "Armenian" | |
| 5 Aug 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 75, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, Elands River | |
| 27 Oct 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 75, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, D.O.W. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
A touching part of Sergeant Major Duke's letter is the account he gives of the death of Trooper G A Montgomery son of Mrs. J. H. Bloome, of the Royal Hotel, Windsor.
This brave lad, who was only 19 years of age, went outside the line of outposts one night with a view of making a capture of some Boers on his own account, with the result that at 8.30 next morning he was found shot through die breast, and died shortly afterwards.
He was buried next day in Zeerust Cemetery, and his comrades have erected a cross, with an inscription, to mark his Iast resting place.
Sergeant Major Duke very thoughtfully had a sketch made of the grave and surroundings, and has sent this same to Captain Paine.
The officer commanding the squadron to which deceased was attached, also the chaplain of, the regiment, and a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps, have all written letters of sympathy to Mrs Bloome.
Ref: NOTES FROM THE FRONT (1900, December 22). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved October 27, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85855108
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