Ancestor's Name: Charles Ausling
Ancestor's date of birth: 27/07/1879
Ancestor's date of death: 12/06/1936
Cause of Death: heart attack
Service Number: 83
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney
Unit: Australian Bushmans Contingent-N.S.W.Regement-A Squadron
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: Detail not provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): TPR, Date Effective: 19/04/1901
Murray Page: 76 (ANSLING)
Contingent: 3rd NSW
Ship: Atlantian or Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 28/02/1900
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with campain clasps Transvaal, Orange Free State, Rhodesia & Cape Colony.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: April 1900 – April 1901 in Rhodesia under Carington, west Transvaal including defence of Elands River Post (4-16 August 1900), and under Plumer in northern Transvaal, great De Wet hunt (February – March 1901) and advance on Petersburg. I have a number of photos and a copy of a book called "The Story of the Bushmen" by James Green (the Methodist Chaplain traveling with the troops). Published by William Brooks & Co. Limited 1903.
Service and life after the Boer War: Discharged after catching fever in South Africa. No further detail provided.
