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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 RAFFERTY
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Matthew
Regimental Number 1232
RankPrivate
Unit Name 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
StateVic
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

5VMR QSA Roll: Left Wing, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (CC OFS & Tvl).
B5179: born 1878 a farmer c/- PO Elmhurst Vic.
Melb. Leader: photo #751.
URL1: photo.
URL2: Pte Matthew RAFFERTY invalided home, welcomed at Glenhurst and presented with a gold medal 30.12.1901.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 292
5VMR QSA Roll: Queen's S. Africa Medal Roll for 5VMR
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item B
Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 16.2.1901
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 2.1.1902
External Link URL1picasaweb.google.co.uk/boerwarpics/Ozbpics#5465362075618538258
External Link URL2nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9622463


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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