Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: John William Everett
Ancestor's date of birth: 24/04/1879
Ancestor's date of death: 22/06/1919
Cause of Death: Unknown
Service Number: 3272
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Paddington
Unit: F Squadron, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 01/01/19
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post war service
Murray Page: 123
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: Antillian, Date of Sailing: 05/04/1901
Memorial details: Buried Rookwood NSW 23 June 1919
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and SA 1901 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Details not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Details not provided.
Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in Free State and easy Transvaal under Rimington including Boer breakthrough at Langverwacht (24 February 1901). Seriously wounded at Vryheid 6 July 1901 (Oz Boer Database).
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia 3 June 1902. No other detail provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: John Leonard Everett, Picnic Point NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
Name of Descendant:Kathleen Ann Everett-Deards, Largs NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: great grand daughterName of Descendant: John Charles Everett, Saint Andrews NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grandsonName of Descendant: Collen Jan Hollway, Liverpool NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grand daughter
