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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 | | CHARDON |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Charles |
| Regimental Number | | 464 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: killed in action at Onverwacht 4.1.1902.
B5172: next of kin in Yatala Qld.
URL3: private letter dated Newcastle 10.1.1902 reports killed at Sprintskop near Walkerstroom, Qld. Government seeking details.
Source:# 1298 Pte. 464 Charles CHARDON 5QIB from Beenleigh Qld., photo, killed in action at Onverwacht in W. Transvaal 4.1.1902, commemorated at Onverwacht Hills S. Africa (where initially buried), Ermelo Cemetery S. Africa, AWM Canberra, Sherwood Qld. RSL & Beenleigh Qld. RSL.
URL5: Ermelo Cemetery Memorial.
URL6: Several dreary weeks of trekking on the Amersfont road followed before the column reached Onverwacht, where a big fight was made with 900 Boers. The casualties in PLUMER's column in this engagement were nineteen killed, and thirty-seven wounded. Major VALENTINE, commanding the corps, was among the slain, and Captain JOHNSON of the Scottish Imperial Yeomanry, while several Queenslanders also fell, including Sergeants BERRY and POWER (the latter being mentioned in despatches for coolness and daring in action) and SHANNON, privates CHARDON, SALT, MACFARLANE and LILLEY, while Captain CARTER and Lieutenant HIGGINSON were severely wounded. It was in this engagement that Major TOLL displayed that special bravery that caused his name to be mentioned in the London "Gazette" for bravery and coolness in leadership. Company-Sergeant KNYVETT and Reg.-Sergeant Major PRICE being also mentioned for coolness. Major TOLL was himself too modest to tell our representative much of his own doings, but the other officers speak in the highest terms of his leadership. "Don't forget," said one of them, "to say that we all call TOLL 'The Fighting Major.'"
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 503 541
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Capric.: Capricornian newspaper Rockhampton Qld. date(s) 22.2.1902
WChamp.: Western Champion & General Advertiser for Central West (Barcaldine) newspaper date(s) 10.3.1902
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1298
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 10.5.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68275020 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76364146 | | External Link URL5 | | www.nzwargraves.org.nz/cemeteries/ermelo-cemetery | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21623630 |
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