Ernest Arthur CADDOW

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CADDOW, Ernest Arthur

Service Number:	1594
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Born:	Bealiba, Victoria, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Sydney, NSW, 1929
Cemetery:	Randwick General Cemetery, New South Wales Church of England Section
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Boer War Service

21 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1594, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Ship British Princess E Squadron

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Ernest Arthur CADDOW was born in Bealiba, Victoria in 1871

His parents were Alexander John CADDOW & Mary MEIKLEJOHN

He served during the Boer War with the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles as a Trooper (E squadron) they embarked on 21st March, 1901 on the ship British Princess

He was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal with two clasps

Ernest returned to Australia on the ship Aurania on the 3rd June, 1902 & married Jane LORD in 1911

He died in Sydney in 1929 & is buried in the Church of England section of Randwick General Cemetery

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