Ancestor's Name: Thomas Bannister
Ancestor's date of birth: 04/09/1879
Ancestor's date of death: 27/05/1951
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
Service Number: 560
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Melbourne
Unit: 2nd Battalion Commonwealth Horse (Vic)
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 1902
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): CPL, Date Effective: 1914
Murray Page: 313
Contingent: First Australian
Ship: St Andrew or Manchester Merchant, Date of Sailing: 12 or 26 February 1902
Memorial details: Detail not available
Decorations: King's South Africa Medal with 1902 clasp, 1914-15 medal, Victory Medal.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: March - May 1902 on Natal border and west Transvaal
Service and life after the Boer War: WW1 - Corporal, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Regimental No 77, Wounded in action - Gallipoli - repatriated to Australia
