| Surname | | DUFFY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Jarlath Stephen |
| Regimental Number | | 42 |
| Rank | | Sergeant |
| Unit Name | | 2nd West Australia Mounted Infantry |
| State | | WA |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Lieutenant 25.3.1901.
West Australian: per 'Tongariro' 31.3.1901.
B5165: 42 Corporal specially enrolled.
URL1: Lieut., aboard 'Tongariro' from Cape Town for Aust. 31.3.1901.
Source:# 734 born 1868 at Port Macquarie NSW, moved to WA prospect there in the 1880s. After the Boer War he married in Aust. but was soon back in S. Africa as staff officer to the chief censor. WW1 AIF on Gallipoli, photo [AWM H16587].
URL3: WW1 AIF Captain 2nd D.Train returned to Aust. 17.3.1916.
URL2: WW1 AIF Captain 16Coy AASC a stock and station agent aged 44 in 1918 from Perth WA next of kin wife in Edinburgh Scot. sister in South Grafton NSW, South Africa 1901-02 Hon. Captain AIC assistant censor QSA & 6 clasps KSA and 2.
Source:# 940 family holds various artifacts belonging to Jarlath from Boer War including spurs.
URL5: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
URL6: auctioneer aged 29 from NSW.
URL6: Assistant Press Censor at Capetown.
URL8: near Brandfort in early 5.1900 WA's escaped unhurt despite being fired on by individual marksmen at close range, Sergts. DUFFY & BARCLAY, Cpl. CLARKSON & Lieuts. CASTILLA & INGLIS were very warmly received as they advanced into bush spruit in rough ground.
URL9: Capt. DUFFY returned to WA via Melbourne 27.11.1902.
URL10: An Albany telegram states - "By the ss Moravian, which arrived here from Melbourne yesterday [c26.11.1902], Captain and Mrs. DUFFY returned to Western Australia, The former went to South Africa as a private in the Second Contingent, and he earned promotion at the front. Since the close of the war he has been engaged in Government work. He will leave for Perth tomorrow night."
W. Mail: Lieutenant JG DUFFY, who went to
the war as a corporal with the Second Contingent, and returned with a commission, was attached to the Fifth Contingent in South Africa for some time,
with the rank of lieutenant. He is now [c5.1902] acting as assistant Press censor at Capetown.
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| Source References | |
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 403 404 405
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 29.1 & 8.4.1901, 3.5 & 29.11.1902
B5165: National Archives of Australia series B5165
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 734
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 940
W. Mail: Western Mail newspaper date(s) 3.2.1900 & 10.5.1902
Inq.&CN: Inquirer & Commercial News Perth. 6.7.1900
BoulderES: Eastern Star (Boulder WA) newspaper date(s) 27.11.1902
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