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Murray: drowned at sea 13.6.1902.
B5204: Richard Jeffree a miner born 1877 at Hill End NSW, next of kin in Blayney NSW.
Source:# 767 Queen's South Africa Medal with 5 clasps (CC OFS Tvl SA01 & SA02).
Bufton: "Yesterday [14.6.1902] Trooper Inch No 691 of the New South Wales Bushmen, while suffering from insanity the result of sunstroke, eluded his warder while exercising on deck and jumped overboard [from P&O Troopship Manila]. Life buoys were thrown to him, which he refused to take advantage of. A boat with the second mate and a crew was lowered, but failed to pick up the unfortunate man who was drowned".
Source:# 1092 Blayney NSW, died.
URL4: At the Agricultural Society's Grounds on Monday 4.3.1901, recruiting was resumed, the men being given to understand that they were only being taken on as supernumeraries, to be drafted into one or other of the regiments already formed should vacancies occur. Under these conditions 46 men went before the medical officers, who passed 34 as fit for active service. No riding tests were carried out, but 26 men out of 28 were successful at the shooting tests. The following men were on Monday provisionally enrolled as supernumeraries - RP INCH, GJ EDWARDS, EW HART, H ELLIOTT, A TOWNSEND, P MCCULLOCH.
URL5: The papors report the death of Trooper INCH, attached to the NSW Bushmen, who on the return journey by the transport Manila from South Africa, was lost overboard on the 13th inst. [6.1902]. His mind is said to have been deranged as the result of a sunstroke while on service. It is stated that he was a son of Mr. "Dave" IBCH, a former Lithgow resident.
URL6: Trooper INCH, whose death by drowning at Hobart (Tas.) was reported on Monday [16.6.1902], was a Blayney soldier. He Joined the Bushmen's Contingent about 15 months ago, and went to South Africa. Deceased was the eldest son of Mr. David
INCH, of Blayney.
URL7: Trooper WH MARSHALL, one of our Blayney soldiers, arrived in Sydney last week [c5.1902]. A number of the Blayney boys also left South Africa for home last week. I hope the citizens of the town will organise a suitable welcome for their arrival home, as they have put in about twelve months' solid work fighting for the Empire, and their efforts should be appreciated. The returning soldiers will probably include the following for this district — Bert. CHANDLER, H BOON, J COOK, W BARNETT, C CHANDLER, W BOON, R INCH, A RADBURN and H MURPHY. There are other Blayney boys at the front, but I do not know for certain whether they were attached to Colonel WILLIAMS' Column, under Colonel LASSETTER.
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