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SPRITCH Percy Alfred

NR:3607
Trooper
Kitchener's Horse
AIF record states that Percy Alfred Spritch served 18 months with Kitchener's Horse and 16 months with the IBC He enlisted in WW1 with 6th Reinforcements for 11LH AIF and later served in France with 13LH.
AustNews 28/4/1949 The friends of the late Percy Alfred Spritch, late of 172 Egan street, Kalgoorlie, are respectfully informed that his remains will be interred in the Anglican portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. SPRITCH Percy Alfred

NR:3607
Trooper
Kitchener's Horse
AIF record states that Percy Alfred Spritch served 18 months with Kitchener's Horse and 16 months with the IBC He enlisted in WW1 with 6th Reinforcements for 11LH AIF and later served in France with 13LH.
AustNews 28/4/1949 The friends of the late Percy Alfred Spritch, late of 172 Egan street, Kalgoorlie, are respectfully informed that his remains will be interred in the Anglican portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. SPRITCH Percy Alfred

NR:3607
Trooper
Kitchener's Horse
AIF record states that Percy Alfred Spritch served 18 months with Kitchener's Horse and 16 months with the IBC He enlisted in WW1 with 6th Reinforcements for 11LH AIF and later served in France with 13LH.
AustNews 28/4/1949 The friends of the late Percy Alfred Spritch, late of 172 Egan street, Kalgoorlie, are respectfully informed that his remains will be interred in the Anglican portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery.  Grave 10657
SPRITCH.— R.S.L. Kalgoorlie SubBranch.— are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of our late comrade, Percy Alfred Spritch,
WA Government Gazette 15/7/1949, page 1512: PROBATE JURISDICTION - Spritch, Percy Alfred; Gardener; late of 172 Egass Street. Kalgoorlie; 26/4/49.
NAA: B2455, SPRITCH PERCY ALFRED
TNA: WO100/256 - page 71: a Tpr P A Stritch no 3607 served with Kitchener’s Horse; also served with D’Lyles Mounted Infantry; awarded 1901 SA medal and clasps for Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Witteburgen Cape Colony
TNA: WO100/292 - page 71: a Corporal P A Stritch no 587 served with D’Lisles South Australian Bushmen (5th & 6th IBC)
WW1 enlistment and Service Details
Regimental number: 1463
Place of birth Port Adelaide South Australia
Religion Church of England
Occupation Drover
Address Brisbane GPO, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 35
Next of kin Sister, Sebina Maude Crewe, Commercial Bank, Woodend,Victoria
Enlistment date 15 July 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 11th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/16/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board
HMAT A47 Mashobra on 4 October 1915
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board
HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS
Hawkes Bay on 26 October 1915
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board
HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 23 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 22nd ARMY CLH
Returned to Australia 25 September 1919


SPRITCH.— R.S.L. Kalgoorlie SubBranch.— are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of our late comrade, Percy Alfred Spritch,
WA Government Gazette 15/7/1949, page 1512: PROBATE JURISDICTION - Spritch, Percy Alfred; Gardener; late of 172 Egass Street. Kalgoorlie; 26/4/49.
NAA: B2455, SPRITCH PERCY ALFRED
TNA: WO100/256 - page 71: a Tpr P A Stritch no 3607 served with Kitchener’s Horse; also served with D’Lyles Mounted Infantry; awarded 1901 SA medal and clasps for Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Witteburgen Cape Colony
TNA: WO100/292 - page 71: a Corporal P A Stritch no 587 served with D’Lisles South Australian Bushmen (5th & 6th IBC)
WW1 enlistment and Service Details
Regimental number: 1463
Place of birth Port Adelaide South Australia
Religion Church of England
Occupation Drover
Address Brisbane GPO, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 35
Next of kin Sister, Sebina Maude Crewe, Commercial Bank, Woodend,Victoria
Enlistment date 15 July 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 11th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/16/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board
HMAT A47 Mashobra on 4 October 1915
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board
HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS
Hawkes Bay on 26 October 1915
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board
HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 23 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 22nd ARMY CLH
Returned to Australia 25 September 1919


SPRITCH.— R.S.L. Kalgoorlie SubBranch.— are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of our late comrade, Percy Alfred Spritch,
WA Government Gazette 15/7/1949, page 1512: PROBATE JURISDICTION - Spritch, Percy Alfred; Gardener; late of 172 Egass Street. Kalgoorlie; 26/4/49.
NAA: B2455, SPRITCH PERCY ALFRED
TNA: WO100/256 - page 71: a Tpr P A Stritch no 3607 served with Kitchener’s Horse; also served with D’Lyles Mounted Infantry; awarded 1901 SA medal and clasps for Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Witteburgen Cape Colony
TNA: WO100/292 - page 71: a Corporal P A Stritch no 587 served with D’Lisles South Australian Bushmen (5th & 6th IBC)
WW1 enlistment and Service Details
Regimental number: 1463
Place of birth Port Adelaide South Australia
Religion Church of England
Occupation Drover
Address Brisbane GPO, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 35
Next of kin Sister, Sebina Maude Crewe, Commercial Bank, Woodend,Victoria
Enlistment date 15 July 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 11th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/16/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board
HMAT A47 Mashobra on 4 October 1915
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board
HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS
Hawkes Bay on 26 October 1915
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board
HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 23 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 22nd ARMY CLH
Returned to Australia 25 September 1919

Cecil  Ernest  FISHER

Born 31st October 1868 in Bray, Ireland.

Father – Captain Stephen Fisher , Royal Navy. Mother –Frances Ann Fisher.

Schooled at Christ’s College, Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand.

Employed as a miner at Kalgoorlie (A single man, he lived with his brother Archibald Henry Fisher and family in Kalgoorlie. Incidentally ,Archie was later badly injured in a cage fall at South Kalgurli Co mine around May 1901)

Enlisted at Kalgoorlie in the 5th West Australian Mounted Infantry as a private, regimental no. 256

Sailed from Fremantle 6th March 1901 on the transport “Devon” for South Africa, arrived Durban 28th March 1901.

Served until war’s end, earning Queens  South Africa medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902.

Medal uncollected, as Cecil died of malaria at Leydsdorp, Northern Transvaal, South Africa on 9th December 1902, and lies buried in an unmarked grave in the Leydsdorp cemetery.

All records for the 5th WAMI were accidentally destroyed in South Africa, so I can only assume that Cecil , after the completion of his 12 months service period, either (1) joined one of the irregular units who, under British command, were still mopping up in the remaining troublesome areas of the Northern Transvaal, or (2) went hunting for gold on the fields of South Africa.

No photos or ephemera remain for Cecil, and his name appears on no memorial. He received no recognition for his service, and lies forgotten in an unmarked grave in a foreign land.


Submitted by his Great Nephew, Neil Fisher.

 

MILLINGTON GA  [George Austin]

?Naval Brigade

Remarks: ?China 1900, WW1 Captain SS Banda HMAT30 Born 1877  Walthamstow to George Sharp Millington [ glass merchant] and Mary Wilson

AustNews  7/2/1936   The death has occurred at the Wiluna Hospital, Western Australia, of Captain G A. Millington, who commanded the SS Borda in the Great War.  He was 59 years of age.   As a boy of 14 he saw service with  the navy in China during the Boxer Rebellion,  and was with the Naval Brigade at Ladysmith during the South African war.  At the age of 26 he was appointed to the command of a P. and O. liner, and at the time was believed to be the youngest commander afloat

AngloBoer War database:  Millington GA 3rd Officer Transport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship Narrung (Lund's Blue Anchor) Transport Medal roll  TNA:  Sea Transport Medal ADM 171

TNA: ADM171/53: page 131; 3rd Officer ss Narrung  [ Lund’s Blue Anchor Line] S.Afr
Buried in the Wiluna Cemetery in Western Australia

Submitted by Margaret Baddeley

 

William Edgar Truscott

William Edgar Truscott served in the South Africa conflict of 1899 to 1902. His service number was 460, his Unit was Unit 6, Mounted Infantry and he enlisted in WA. The force was comprised of 232 officers and men, which was the largest contingent at that time contributed by this State for service in the Boer war. He was recorded as William Edward Truscott, 22 years, born South Australia, butcher; and his address as Kalgoorlie, and no previous service.

The Sixth Contingent embarked on the troopship “Ulstermore” which left Fremantle on 10th April 1901and arrived at Durban on the 1st May 1901.

The 5th Contingent also left Fremantle on the “Devon” on the 6th March 1901and arrived in Durban on the 28th March. The two Contingents were united to form a strong battalion and were involved in many arduous marches and contact with the enemy as part of Major-General Kitchener’s Column in the Eastern Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State.

He returned to Australia on the “Columbian”, that left Durban on the 7th April 1902 and arrived at Fremantle on the 29th April 1902 with his Contingent, and was welcomed home by a number of his friends who assembled at his parent’s residence in Davis Street, Boulder, to welcome him back from South Africa.

William Edgar Truscott was born on the 23rd February 1881 in Kadina South Australia, the 3rd son of Walter Hicks Truscott and Mary Ann Truscott (nee Nankervis). He married Isabella May Winfield in Boulder in 1903. He returned to the Burra, South Australia, late 1903 and worked for his brother.

In 1910 he was working on Old Koomooloo Station, a Pastoral lease in the north of South Australia. He was living in Salisbury South Australia when he died on the 24th  January 1951. His wife died on the 17th September 1951.

Submitted by Ray king.

 

 


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