Queen's South Africa Medal
Name: Alfred Edwin Wheatley Mister
Service No: 6340
Unit: R.A.M.C.
Naming Details: Queen’s South Africa Medal – Natal impressed - 6340 2.S. Sgt. A.E.W. MISTER. R.A.M.C.
Additional Information
Record of Service:
Alfred Mister was born on the 20th of January 1870 in St. Michaels, Dublin. He joined the British Army as a Boy, on the 20th of November 1883, aged 14 years. He was allocated service number 6340 and joined the Medical Staff Corps.
Alfred’s extensive service saw him serve in Barbados, India, Egypt, Crete, Malta and South Africa. He served in the Nile Expedition to Khartoum and with the RAMC in South Africa during the Boer War. He was promoted to Corporal on the 17th of September 1890, Sergeant on the 1st of May 1895, 2. Class Staff Sergeant on the 6th of December 1899 and 1. Class Staff Sergeant on the 20th of August 1901.
Alfred transferred to the 1st West Lancashire – T.F on the 1st of March 1908 and was promoted to Sergeant Major on the 1st of April 1910. He discharged on the 8th of August 1911. He was Mentioned in Despatches (L.G. 10/09/01) for his services during the Boer War and received the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1907.
Alfred is entitled to the Queen’s Sudan Medal, Khedive’s Sudan Medal - Khartoum, Queen’s South Africa Medal – Natal, Wittebergen and Transvaal, King’s South Africa Medal – SA01 & SA02 and the LSGC. He died on the 7th of May 1933.
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Queen’s South Africa Medal – Natal impressed 6340 2.S. Sgt. A.E.W. MISTER. R.A.M.C.