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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.

 

Surname		CATO
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Hobart Edward
Regimental Number		35502
Rank		Trooper
Unit Name		1st Scottish Horse
State
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Source:# 1121 Tpr. 35502 CATO HE 1st Scottish Horse enlisted 11.9.1901 discharged 22.3.1902, born in Wellington NZ with next of kin in Moreland Vic. age 20 trade mechanic, Queens South African Medal & 3 clasps (Tvl SA01 & SA02), married a British nurse ME BIDDLESTONE in S. Africa, buried in Clare S Aust. URL1: CATO Hobart Edward 35502 Trooper Scottish Horse enlisted 11.9.1901 discharged 22.3.1902 on completion of service, second number 4302. URL3: 1st Scottish Horse, second number 4302 enlisted in Durban 11.9.1901. URL4: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
Source References		Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1121 Price2: Southern Cross Scots page(s)
External Link URL1		www.britishmedals.us/files/127scothorse.htm
External Link URL2		www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/469-scottish-horse
External Link URL3		www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/469-scottish-horse?start=1
External Link URL4		bwm.org.au/site/Hobart_Cato.php

Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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