Download his service record here (Archway)
Service records online
Most of the South African War service records for soldiers in this database have now been digitised and are available by searching the Archives New Zealand Archway website.
Download his service record here (Archway)
Most of the South African War service records for soldiers in this database have now been digitised and are available by searching the Archives New Zealand Archway website.
This is my grandfather Samuel McMahon from Saltcoats Scotland's older brother. Sam also served in the Boer wars, as a boy bugler and won several medals. His regiment was the Highland light infantry.
This is my granddad. I didn't know he had gone to the Boer War. He returned and married Isabella Taylor Dixon. Donald lost his life in the Brunner Mine in October 1914.
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