Albert Thomas PALMER

PALMER, Albert Thomas

Service Number: 157
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: South Australian Imperial Bushmen's Corps
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, 22 July 1877
Home Town: Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station hand
Died: Enteric Fever, Pretoria, South Africa, 10 March 1901, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Adelaide Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier Boer War Memorial, North Adelaide St Peter's Cathedral Boer War Honour Roll
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Trooper, 157, South Australian Imperial Bushmen's Corps
1 Oct 1899: Involvement Trooper, 157, 4th Imperial Bushmen
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA: 1869 - 1912) Thursday 14 March

THE AUSTRALIANS.

London, March 13.

Private Albert Thomas Palmer, of the South Australian Imperial Bushmen's contingent, has succumbed to enteric fever at Pretoria. He was 24 years of age, and single.   Prior to going to South Africa, he was employed on a station.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207941949

The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA: 1867 - 1922) Friday 15 March 1901

His Excellency the Governor has received a cable message, confirming the news of the death of Trooper Albert Thomas Palmer, who died at Pretoria from enteric fever on March 10. Mrs. F. Palmer, mother of the deceased, is a resident of Mount Gambier.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209679862

Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA: 1861 - 1954) Saturday 16 March 1901

A telegram from London on March 13 states that Private Albert Thomas Palmer, of the South Australian Imperial Bushmen's Contingent, is reported to have died of enteric fever at Pretoria. Priv. Palmer, who was 24 years of age, was a son of Mrs, J. W. Palmer, of Williamstown, Mount Gambier. The death of Priv. Palmer has been officially confirmed.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79147117

 

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