Collingwood NEWHAM

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Service Number:	58
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 22 June 1871
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Illness, Fairfield, Victoria, 7 May 1933, aged 61 years
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Methodist C, Grave 2614
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 58, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles

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Collingwood NEWHAM was born in Collingwood, Victoria on 22nd June 1871

His parents were Collingwood NEWHAM & Elizabeth Ann WELLS

He married Fanny CHECKLEY in Footscray on 19th April, 1890 - known children were Helen, David, Ethel, Alice, George, Isabella, Leslie & Albert

He served as a Private during the Boer War with the 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles and was invalided home to Australia arriving on 5th January, 1901

He died in Fairfield, Victoria on 7th May, 1933 and is buried in the Fawkner Cemetery

His brothers Henry NEWHAM (SN 1243) & William NEWHAM (SN 1662) also served during the Boer War