ALDERSEY, Wilfrid Egerton
| Service Number: | 77 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Canowie, Goyder - South Australia, Australia, 7 March 1877 |
| Home Town: | Canowie, Goyder, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Adelaide, SA, 30 November 1946, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Belalie East Honour Roll, Jamestown and District Boer War Honour Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 77, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles | |
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| 2 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 2 November 1899 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Son of Algernon Lumley ALDERSEY and Priscilla Anna nee GILES
Aldersey, Wilfrid Egerton (WE), Private born Canowie, 7 March 1877, single, previously a member 1st Squadron Mounted Rifles. Invalided to Australia November 1900. Died 1946, buried North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia
Mr. Wilfred Egerton Aldersey, who died on Saturday, was a veteran of the Boer War. Well known in business circles, Mr. Aldersey was accountant of the Adelaide Electric Supply Co., until his retirement about five years ago. A keen athlete and amateur boxer in his youth, he was a past-president of the Grange Golf Club. He has left a widow. Members of the South African War Veterans' Association and the Henley and Grange sub-branch of the RSL attended his funeral yesterday.
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