VANDENBERGH, William
| Service Number: | 93 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 1858 |
| Home Town: | Robertson, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Granville, New South Wales, 15 January 1941 |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Baptist section |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 93, 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Warwick Dickson
"DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM VANDENBERGH
Another Robertson pioneer has passed to his rest, in the person of Mr. William Vandenbergh, who died at Granville oh Wednesday, at the age of 82. Mr. Vandenbergh was born in Sydney, and spent most of his long and useful life in the Robertson district. The older generation will remember him as a cricket enthusiast and all his life he took the keenest interest in military matters. He fought in South Africa and had three sons in the World War. Too old for service abroad, he gave up farming in order to take charge of the internment camp at Homebush, where he rendered effcient service. For many years Mr. Vandenbergh's services were constantly requisitioned for the decoration of halls for social entertainments, an art in which he and his wife excelled. Mr. Vandenbergh was most highly esteemed in Robertson and the surrounding district, where the Vandenbergh family has made its mark upon local history. Mrs. Vandenbergh, three sons and one daughter, survive. The sons are Sydney (Leichhardt), Alfred (Bega), and Reg. (Goulburn), and the daughter is Mrs. Murray, at whose Granville home Mr. Vandenbergh died. The sympathy of the district is with the family in its sorrow." - from the Bowral Southern Mail 17 Jan 1941 (nla.gov.au)