Joseph Herbert (Joe) STARR

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Service Numbers:	3331, 3521
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Born:	Taradale, Victoria, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Millthorpe, Blayney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Millthorpe School of Arts, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Butcher - J H Starr & Co, Millthorpe, New South Wales, Australia
Died:	Enteric Fever, No 19 Stationary Hospital, Harrismith, Free State, South Africa, 16 February 1902
Cemetery:	Harrismith Cemetery, South Africa Burial Record No 156.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blayney Boer War Memorial (Rededicated)

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 3331
1 Apr 1901:	Transferred Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Re-enforcements.
5 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 3521, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Sydney on SS Antillian with reinforcements.
16 Feb 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 3521, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, D.O.D. His Harrismith Cemetery burial record No 156 confirms 3521 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles is his final service number and unit.

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