445 Lance Corporal William David Mays, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman. A horse breaker. Lived in Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia before enlistment. Volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. Died of enteric fever (typhoid) at No 16 Stationary Hospital, Mafeking, Cape Colony aged 28 years. He is also commemorated on the Roll of Honour on the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia; on the Bairnsdale Boer War Memorial on the Princes Highway & Service Street, Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/3081); on the Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Sturt Street, Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2600) and on the Sale Boer War Memorial in McMillan Park, Foster & York Streets, Sale, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/5389).
445 Lance Corporal William David Mays, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman. A horse breaker. Lived in Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia before enlistment. Volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. Died of enteric fever (typhoid) at No 16 Stationary Hospital, Mafeking, Cape Colony aged 28 years. He is also commemorated on the Roll of Honour on the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia; on the Bairnsdale Boer War Memorial on the Princes Highway & Service Street, Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/3081); on the Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Sturt Street, Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2600) and on the Sale Boer War Memorial in McMillan Park, Foster & York Streets, Sale, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/5389).
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
