Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: William Joseph Patrick Stinson
Ancestor's date of birth: 20/04/1881
Ancestor's date of death: 07/03/1940
Cause of Death: TB
Service Number: 10
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: NSW INF COY (1 NSW MNTD RIFLES)
Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: June 1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): LTCOL, Date Effective: 1938 (on retirement)
Murray Page: 39
Contingent: First New South Wales
Ship: Aberdeen, Date of Sailing: 04/11/1899
Memorial details: Botany Cemetery, Sydney, NSW
Decorations: Queens South Africa Medal and 4 clasps, King Edward's Coronation Medal (1902), Meritorious Service Medal (1920), British War Medal (the British War Medal was awarded to those serving soldiers who volunteered for but did not see active service in World War 1).
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: December 1899 - July 1900 in northern Cape Colony, Free State and Transvaal; his sub-unit was converted to mounted rifles December 1899. Promoted Corporal 6 November 1899. Promoted Sergeant June 1900. Wounded near Bethlehem 13/07/1900. Invalided, Australia, arr. 17/02/1901.
Service and life after the Boer War: Was part of the New South Wales Coronation Contingent, provided by the Australian Light Horse in 1902. William Joseph Patrick Stinson, rejoined the Australian Military Forces (Permanent Forces) on 15/8/1910 as a Warrant Officer (No 88) in the Australian Instructional Corps and served until 1938. He was based at the Rifle Range, Randwick, NSW. His brother Private Denis Alfred Stinson No 183, 36th Batallion AIF was killed in action on 17/1/1917 and is buried in Cite Bonjean War Cemetery in Armentieres, France. His first cousin Alexander William Stinson died as a result of wounds at Gallipoli on 19/5/1915.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: William Daniel James Stinson, Wahroonga NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
