TREATT, Graham Voller Dalhousie
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1901, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | England (aboard ship - Earl Dalhousie), 16 February 1877 |
| Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Cape Town, South Africa, 14 May 1901, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, Officer, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, The Boer Offensive | |
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| 1 Jan 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sydney, New South Wales |
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Graham Voller Dalhousie TREATT was born on 16th February, 1877 on board the ship Earl Dalhousie in British waters
His parents were Frank Burford TREATT and Kate Ellen WALSH - they had married in 1872 in Sydney and after their first child was born in 1873 they went to England where another son was born in Islington in 1875 and in 1877 returned to Sydney arriving on 7th May, 1877 on the ship Earl Dalhousie
Graham first served as a Private in the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles - he was later promoted to Lieutenant with the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles
He was in C Squadron which embarked 21st March, 1901 together with A and E Squadrons and the regimental staff on the ship British Princess
INFORMATION ON HIS UNIT
https://www.awm.gov.au/unit/U52010/ (www.awm.gov.au)
PHOTO OF HIS REGIMENT
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/imageservice/nla.news-page5336707/print (trove.nla.gov.au)
He died of Enteric Fever on 14th May, 1901 in Cape Town, South Africa
He is memoralized in the Maitland Boer War Memorial (Cape Town) and also the Australian War Memorial
Newspaper articles - Evening News Sydney 23rd May, 1901
DEATH OF A SOLDIER
SINGLETON Wednesday. Word has been received that Lieutenant Graham Treatt a son of Mr. F B Treatt, police magistrate at Cobar but formerly of Singleton has died at Cape Town of enteric fever. Lieutenant Treatt who was of splendid physique and manly bearing was a member of the 3rd Regiment Mounted Rifles. A brother of Lieutenant Treatt was included in the detachment of Singleton Lancers wo went to Aldershot and subsequently to the front. He returned in safety but his brother has now been laid low by that dread scourge enteric fever
WAGGA WAGGA Advertiser 21st April, 1900
LETTER FROM THE FRONT
The following extracts are taken from a letter from Private Graham Treatt, NSW Mounted Infantry, now in South Africa:
"Since my last letter I have been in one fight and one battle. In the former we, having only rifles had to retire and leave the enemy in possession of their position on a kopje. In the battle however we had the pleasure of chasing the beggars
Of course you know Bloemfontein is taken and without a fight. To go there we had to go through forced marches by moonlight on short rations. My horse got sick and I had to foot it. Bloemfontein is a nice looking place, something like Strathfield (Sydney) only the presidency and a couple of the town buildings being larger than any building in Strathfield. It is very hot here in the daytime and almost frosty at night.
"A Boer paper states that 'one Boer is equal to ten Englishmen, and that one Australian is equal to five Boers'"
Article on Grahams father Frank Burford TREATT
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16039521 (trove.nla.gov.au)
His brother Rupert Holman TREATT served in WW1
https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=303865 (www.aif.adfa.edu.au)
Another brother Vernon Haddon TREATT - Biography & War info
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/treatt-sir-vernon-haddon-15525 (adb.anu.edu.au)
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