Surname: 
barclay
Reg No: 
9490
Given Names: 
ernest
Contingent: 
Tenth
Rank: 
private
Unit: 
South Island Regiment - H Squadron
County/City: 
dunedin
Occupation: 
plumber
Ship: 
Norfolk 19 April 1902
Address: 
shades hotel dunedin
Next of Kin: 
barclay mr james
Next of Kin Address: 
same
Relationship to Soldier: 
father

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Anonymous

Posted: 01 Oct 2023

Ernest Barclay returned to NZ after the war, was discharged and return to South Africa around 1905-7. He married Louisa Sinclair from Perth WA whose brother had also been in the South African war and had returned there after being discharged in Australia. They had an only son Ernest who was born in Johannesburg in 1910.