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Surname		WAKLEY
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Victor Oak
Regimental Number		186
Rank		Private
Unit Name		2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles
State		Vic
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: WAKLEY. McLachlan: ?WAKLY VO killed or died. Murray: died at Kroonstadt of enteric on 21.5.1900. Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Yea Canberra. URL2: war memorial Yea Vic. B5177: pastoral (sic) aged 19. B5179: grazier from Kobyboyn Vic. URL4: ?Pte. Victor OAK 2nd Vic. Contingent formerly of Robyboyn died of enteric at Kroonstad 31.5.1900. URL5: Pte. V Oak WAKLEY F Coy VMR, single aged 20 from Yea. URL6: Lieut. MAYGAR proposed "Our brave dead," particularly refering to the late Private WAKLEY, of the Ruffy Detachment, who succumbed to enteric at Bloemfontein. Private WAKLEY had been a good and generous comrade, a brave lad, and they all deeply regretted that he was not spared to return and share in the good wishes, honor and respect they were tendering Corporal MCALPINE. The toast was drunk in silence, everyone present deeply regretting Private WAKLEY's decease. URL7: Longwood - a warm and hearty welcome was given to Lieutenant CHOMLEY and Private BREEN upon their arrival by train on Saturday. The station was crowded and cheering was loud and long. The returned soldiers were the guests of a committee of Mounted Rifles and citizens at a banquet held at Mrs Houster's and afterwards at the Mechanics' Institute a social evening was held. In the speeches allusion was made to the death of one of the F Company in South Africa, Private Victor WAKLEY.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 236 336 Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 27 Reay: Australians at War - with the Australian Regiment page(s) 375 B5177: National Archives of Australia series B5177 B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 5.6.1900 Yea Chron.: Yea Chronicle newspaper Vic. date(s) 4.1.1900 EorAd: 21.12.1900 Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 12 & 19.12.1900
External Link URL1		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2		www.skp.com.au/memorials/pages/30049.htm
External Link URL3		awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23836882
External Link URL5		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59950112
External Link URL6		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70080096
External Link URL7		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9568276

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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.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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