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MCSWAIN, Roderick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 621 |
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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 |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 621, Victorian Citizen Bushmen | |
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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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