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SWEETLAND, Benjamin David
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1039 |
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Enlisted: | 1 January 1900 |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | Imperial Irregular Corps (Boer War) |
Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 28 September 1961 |
Home Town: | Junee, Junee, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Solicitor |
Died: | Natural causes, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1940 |
Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Anglican, Row S10, Plot 69 |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 1039, 1st Australian Horse | |
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1 Jan 1900: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1039, 1st Australian Horse | |
17 Jan 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1039, 1st Australian Horse, SS Surrey, Sydney - disembarking Cape Town 23 February 1900 | |
13 Aug 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1039, 1st Australian Horse, SS Medic, Cape Town for invaliding to Australia (enteric fever) - disembarking Sydney 13 September 1900 | |
13 Sep 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1039, 1st Australian Horse | |
22 Jan 1901: | Enlisted British Forces (All Conflicts), Imperial Irregular Corps (Boer War), Lieutenant, South African Mounted Irregular Forces | |
25 Jul 1902: | Discharged British Forces (All Conflicts), Imperial Irregular Corps (Boer War), Lieutenant, South African Mounted Irregular Forces |
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