Frederick Beal THORPE

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Service Number:	606
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Enteric Fever, Pretoria, South Africa, 13 January 1901
Cemetery:	Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria, South Africa Grave 62
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square)

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 606, Victorian Citizen Bushmen
13 Feb 1900:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 606, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Medal entitlement: QSA with three clasps: TVL/RHOD/1901.

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Brother to: Mrs H Jeanes, Bunbury, Western Australia
Nephew of: Mrs C Parris, Burra Murra, Haring, Nagambie; and
MRs J W Page, Floradean, Yarraville.

last rank: Trooper in 3rd Regiment 1st Victorian Bushmen, Rhodesian Field Force,
South Africa

13/01/1901 died of dysentery at Pretoria, South Africa

Buried in: Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria, South Africa
Grave 62

His name is commemorated on Panel 2 at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.

Sourced and submitted by Juilanne T Ryan. 19/7/2016. Lest we forget.

Frederick Beal THORPE was born in Victoria in 1871

His parents were Frederick THORPE & Harriet Jane CARMICHAEL