Individual Details

John Edwin "Ted" SERGEANT

(11 May 1869 - 25 Apr 1915)

Events

Birth	11 May 1869	Box Hill, Victoria, Australian Colonies
Military	May 1902	, enlisting in the 5th Victorian Contingent (Mounted Rifles) in Feb 1901 as a lieutenant and serving in South Africa in the Boer War. The contingent took 46 officers, 971 other ranks & 1099 horses . He received the Queen's Medal with 3 bars. The war finished May 1902
Marriage	18 Jul 1903	the residence of the bride's parents, "Barawa", 78 Havelock-street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Annie Troup SUTHERLAND
Military	28 Aug 1914	joining the 8th Battalion on 28 Aug 1914 as a Captain & serving in the Dardenelles, Turkey in WW1. He was promoted to Major 1 Jan 1915 but was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 Apr 1915 and buried in a separate grave there. He was posthumously mentioned in despatches on 26 Aug 1915
Death	25 Apr 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey
Burial	26 Apr 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey

Families

Spouse

Annie Troup SUTHERLAND (1872 - 1963)

Father	Robert SERGEANT (1834 - 1911)
Mother	Mary Elizabeth Coombs SPICER (1843 - 1930)
Sibling	Jane SERGEANT (1861 - 1936)
Sibling	Emily SERGEANT (1862 - 1945)
Sibling	Elizabeth Mary "Lizzie" SERGEANT (1864 - 1939)
Sibling	Stewart William SERGEANT (1867 - 1869)
Sibling	Robert Bradford SERGEANT (1872 - 1951)
Sibling	Stuart William SERGEANT (1874 - 1928)
Sibling	Florence Eva May SERGEANT (1879 - 1934)
Sibling	James Saurin SERGEANT (1884 - 1952)

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