Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Albert John Whyte

Ancestor's date of birth: 10/02/1875

Ancestor's date of death: 16/07/1935

Cause of Death: Albert lost his life in Alexandra Victoria, in an accident when a log rolled off a truck.

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Born in North Melbourne. Worked as a blacksmith.

Service Number: 40

Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Brisbane?

Unit: Queensland Imperial Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 01/01/1899

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No post Boer War service

Murray Page: 480

Contingent: Fourth Queensalnd

Ship: Manchester Port, Date of Sailing: 18/05/1900

Memorial details: He is buried at the Alexandra Cemetery Victoria.

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Orange Free State and Transvaal clasps.

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: June 1900 - June 1901 in Free State, Transvaal, and battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900), great De Wet hunt and advance on Pietersburg and into east Transvaal. Originally enlisted as a Private, but was later classified as an Artificer (Blacksmith). He wore a gilt embroidered badge of a Hammer and Pincers.

Service and life after the Boer War: Albert married Rose Methuen in Pretoria, South Africa 1903. Rose was born to Canadian parents who moved there to work in the mines. Albert and Rose had Eileen Florence on 7 November 1904 and settled back in Australia 1905-1906. Albert utilised his trade as a Blacksmith when they settled near Benalla-Tatong between 1910-1920. Rose passed away in the Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne on the 20 August 1923 due to complications from an operation.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Amanda Jayne Cook, Bayswater VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter

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