Private John Alexander Graham
Number: 9382
Company: 46th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 1 January 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 20 years 2 months (born 18 November 1879)
Trade of calling: Merchant
Place of birth: In the Parish of Mulibrick, near the Town of Armagh, in the County of Armagh
Family: Father William Henry, mother Jane (nee Falloon), brother Hugh, sister Aggie, all of 38 Flax Street, Belfast
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 8". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair brown.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 3 March 1900
Date home: 8 June 1901
Campaigns: South Africa 1899-1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal; Cape Colony and Orange Free State clasps.
Conduct: Very good
Special qualifications: Good groom and horseman
DISCHARGE
Date: 15 June 1901
Place: Belfast
Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement
Intended place of residence: 2 Byron Street, Belfast
DEATH
Date: 9 July 1901
Place: Royal Hospital, Belfast
Cause: Typhoid/ enteric fever
Commemorated: Family burying ground, Keady, County Armagh
OTHER INFORMATION
Graham was among the 400 men captured by Boer forces at Lindley at the end of May 1900. He was released on 30 August with the other members of the 13th Battalion when the British captured Nooitgedacht.
The Irish News and Belfast Morning News, 11 July 1901
Belfast News-Letter, 10 July 1901
This page last updated 19 July 2024.