Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: REUTER EMERICH ROTH
Ancestor's date of birth: 20/03/1858
Ancestor's date of death: 02/09/1924
Cause of Death: Cause unknown probably heart failure.
Service Number: Officer - no number
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: SYDNEY
Unit: MEDICAL STAFF CORPS MILITARY FORCE OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Rank attained in Boer War: MAJ, Date Effective: 01/01/1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): MAJGEN, Date Effective: 01/01/1921
Murray Page: 20
Contingent: 1st New South Wales
Ship: SS Kent, Date of Sailing: 28/10/1899
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: CMG; DSO; VD; PD
Personal Characteristics: Reuter was energetic. Very patriotic. Very Keen on Sports. Swimming.
Reasons to go and fight: Very patriotic.
Details of service in war: December 1899-December 1900 in Cape Colony, Free State, and Transvaal
Service and life after the Boer War: Lieutenant-colonel in command of 5th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, Gallipoli (6th April 1915) He was responsible for all medical arrangements at the battle of Aeurhaix. Western Front France. Principal Medical Officer of Commonwealth Forces in New South Wales. Received the Colours from His Majesty the King for the Australian Army Medical Corps. Founder and Chairman St. John's Ambulance Brigade (Sydney Centre) Founder of the Royal Life Saving Society (1904) Foundation member and Executive committees of the State Division of the British Red Cross Society. Empowered and visited New Caledonia for the Jubilee, General of the Commonwealth. Established the medicinal gymnastic department at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. (The department later became known as the Physiotherapy Department.) Honorary Medical Officer. He introduced the Swedish system of physical education into New South Wales schools. The first medical inspector of schools in NSW. The Commonwealth delegate to visit Berlin as the Commonwealth Delegate to the International Congress of Hygiene. Founder Australian Association for the Advancement of Science President of the Permanent Medical Referee Board (1917).
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Melodie Drew BONNELLS BAY NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Uncle
