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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 | | FOSTER |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Thomas Barham |
| Regimental Number | | 367 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: died of enteric at Umtali on 22.8.1900.
Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Canberra.
URL2: war memorial Inglewood Vic.
B5179: born 1875 a miner from Inglewood next of kin in Dunolly Vic.
URL3: In Memoriam notice, died 22.8.1900 at Umtali.
URL4: BALLARAT. A mural tablet, elected to the memory of Ballarat Collegians, who fell to the South African war, was unveiled by the principal (Mr. John GARBUTT MA) at the college on Wednesday [8.4.1903]. The tablet, which was provided by the old boys' committee, bears the following inscription. - "In memory of old collegians, who died in the war in South Africa, 1890-1902 - Lieutenant A GILPIN, Surgeon-Lieutenant HA PALMER, Sergeant A VAUGHAN, Private TB FOSTER. Their duty done, they rest with God."
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 268 336
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 39
Reay: Australians at War - with the Australian Regiment page(s) 375
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 581
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 21.8.1901 & 9.4.1903
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | www.skp.com.au/memorials/pages/30069.htm | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10567550 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9827075 |
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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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