Roderick (Rory) MCSWAIN

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Service Number:	621
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Farrier Sergeant
Last Unit:	Unspecified South African Army Units
Born:	Purnim, Victoria, Australia, 3 October 1865
Home Town:	Boolite, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith; farrier
Died:	Enteric Fever, Rustenburg, South Africa, 19 November 1902, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Old Cemetery, Rustenburg, South Africa MEMORIAL ID - 211227852
Memorials:	Warracknabeal & District Boer War Honour Roll

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 621, Victorian Citizen Bushmen
10 Mar 1900:	Embarked Private, 621, 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent, Transferred South African Constabulary; struck off Contingent 30/09/1901
14 Dec 1900:	Transferred Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Farrier Sergeant, Unspecified South African Army Units, Transfer to South African Constabulary

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