His flourishing cricketing career was waylaid however by the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War, in which he served as a trooper with the Western Province Mounted Rifles where he was awarded the Queen's Medal for bravery.
His flourishing cricketing career was waylaid however by the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War. He served as a trooper with the Western Province Mounted Rifles. He was awarded the Queen's Medal for bravery in the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War.