Name of Ancestor: THOMAS ALEXANDER BERRIE
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1878
Ancestor's date of death: 01/01/1947
Cause of Death: PHEUNOMIA AFTER INJURIES FROM TRUCK ACCIDENT WORSENED.
Service Number: 614
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: SYDNEY - TBC
Unit: NSW MTD' RIFLES - 2ND REGIMENT, 2 TP, C (?) SQN -TBC.
Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: Not provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No details
Murray Page: 111
Contingent: 2 NSW
Ship: TBA, Date of Sailing: 05/03/1901
Memorial details: Coolamon (NSW) district memorial see photo
Decorations: BOER WAR MEDAL-?
Personal Characteristics: COUNTRY MAN, A 'GENTLEMAN' VERY LOYAL MAN AND GREAT HORSEMAN.
Reasons to go and fight: ADVENTURE
Details of service in war: TOSSED A COIN, HIS BROTHER STAYED HOME AND THEY SWAPPED FOR THE FIRST WAR. HIS TROOP FAREWELLED HIM WITH A GIFT AND CERTIFICATE WHICH I NOW HAVE AFTER PASSED DOWN FROM MOTHER.HAS NAMES OF HIS TROOP WHO ALL PARTED FROM EACH OTHER AFTER THEN WAR.(PRIMARY DOCUMENT).
Service and life after the Boer War: LEFT OUTBACK NSW AND WENT TO QLD DROVING AND SOLDIER SETTLER TYPE REASONS NEAR TARA, QLD. HIS DAUGHTER MARRIED MY FATHER- MR LEN WILSON OF TARA - A LIGHT HORSEMAN - GRAZIER IN THE TARA DISTRICY.
