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ANTILL, Edward Augustus
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery |
| Born: | Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 4 December 1867 |
| Home Town: | Picton, Wollondilly, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Permanent Artillery Officer |
| Died: | Bright's disease, Fort Franklin, Portsea, Victoria, Australia, 18 March 1905, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Vault Hill Cemetery, Picton New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Wollondilly Boer War Honour Board |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery | |
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| 30 Dec 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, Embarked from Sydney on SS Warrigal. | |
| 6 Feb 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, The Boer Offensive, Brevet Captain in the field. | |
| 20 Jun 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Major, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, Brevet Major and 2IC. | |
| 12 Aug 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Major, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, R.T.A. on HMT Harlech Castle to arrive back in Sydney on 15 Sep 1901. |
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