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RANKIN, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1634 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 April 1874 |
| Home Town: | Trafalgar, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Police Constable |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 28 November 1901, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wakkerstroom Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square) |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Shoeing-Smith, 1634 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1634, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
| 15 Feb 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 1634, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, S.S. Orient, Melbourne | |
| 3 Nov 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 1634, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, GSW arm | |
| 28 Nov 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 1634, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, DOW | |
| 28 Nov 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 1634, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, D.O.W. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karen Standen
On the 17th December 1901, Sergeant-Major A. W. Coughlan of the 5th V.M.R. wrote a letter which was later published in the Numurkah Leader (nla.gov.au) . In it he writes:-
"Poor Jim Rankin (foot police) was wounded in the arm but blood-poisoning supervened and he died on the road in. He was a splendid soldier, a big loss to the regiment, also to the foot police."
Jim was the second eldest surviving son of William Rankin and Isabella McFarlane, from Sunny Creek near Trafalgar in Victoria.
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