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Australians
in the Boer War
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Full Record
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 | | MCGOWAN |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Joseph Bernard |
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Source:# 836 WW1 AIF 30Bn. DCM killed in action, attestation shows 2 years 8 months with Aust. Bushmen in Boer War, effects returned to next of kin included 2 South African Medal ribbons.
URL1: WW1 AIF 473 CSM (WO2) 'B'Coy 30Bn., Distinguished Conduct Medal (London Gazette 5.2.1918) killed in action 24.3.1918, attestation shows 2 years 8 months previous war service with Aust. Bushmen in South African campaign, an engineer aged 35 born in Dubbo NSW next of kin wife in Newcastle, effects included DCM ribbon and 2 S. African Medal ribbons.
Roe: not identified in Murray.
URL2: WW1 AIF 473 Pte. 'B'Coy. 30Bn., an engineer aged 36 from Mayfield NSW next of kin in Mayfield, enlisted 8.7.1915.
URL3: CSM 473 DCM 30Bn. Aust. Inf. killed in action 24.3.1918 aged 38 buried in Belgium at 48 La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, enlisted from Waratah NSW native place Dubbo NSW.
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Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 836
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=1944628&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/23_47_1/pdf/0268.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | www.awm.gov.au/roh/person.asp?p=145-34525 |
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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.
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