Pair: Company Sergeant Major J. Cusack, Royal Garrison Artillery, later Cape Garrison Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (37098 Sgt. J. Cusack. W.D., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (37098 C.S. Major. J. Cusack. Cape G.A.) good very fine (2) £120-£160

James Cusack was born in Durban, Natal, around 1867, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Fort Rowner (Gosport) on 13 March 1883, his age declared as 15 years, 11 months. Appointed Bombardier in the 2/1st Southern Division, he was raised Sergeant 1 August 1894 and Company Sergeant Major 30 September 1899. Posted overseas to Mauritius and South Africa, his Army Service Record notes marriage at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Cape Town, and discharge in 1904.