Significance
THOMAS YATES
SERVICE NO 253
DATE OF BIRTH 4/7/1874
PLACE OF BIRTH COLAC VICTORIA
DATE OF ENLISTEMENT
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT WARRION VICTORIA
NEXT OF KIN WILLIAM YATES FARTHER MARCELLA YATES
DATE DISCHARGED DIED BEFORE HE WAS DISCHARGED
RANK PRIVATE WITH THE VICTORIAN IMPERIAL BUSHMEN
REGIMENT
DATE OF DEATH 17/7/1901
THOMAS AN THREE OF HIS MATES ALL JOINED THE VICTORIAN IMPERIAL BUSHMENS REGIMENT
TO GO TO THE BOAR WAR 1899 THEY ALL WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA WHERE EDGAR QUARTUS ROBERTSON
NOEL LEONARD CALVERT AN ARTHUR EDWARD MURPHY WHERE ALL KILLED IN ACTION
THOMAS SURVICED THROUGH THE WAR
THOMAS RETURNED TO MELBOURNE ON 12th JULY 1901 AN DIED IN A MELBOURNE HOSPITAL ON 17 JULY 1901
