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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 | | JOHNSON |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Edmund Teasdale |
| Regimental Number | | 3 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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B5172: Gracemere Rockhampton Qld.
URL1: aged 28 1 year 57 days war service returned to Brisbane per 'Tongariro' 3.5.1901 discharged 17.5.1901.
URL3: photo #3.
URL4: Suffice it to say that [the Central Queenslanders] Captain THOMPSON, Corporal TRICKETT, and Privates STENHOUSE, FISHER, BRADY, JOHNSON, and CORCORAN were together until the fall of Pretoria on the 5th of June, 1900. With the exception of Private JOHNSON, not one of this number was sick, and all escaped without receiving a scratch. They took part in two important battles before the fall of Bloemfontein and were also near Sanna's Post in General COLVILLE's column when the disaster overtook General BROADWOOD's column, and two Rockhamptonites, amongst others, were taken prisoners. ... With regard to Private JOHNSON, it may be mentioned that he was invalided to England after an attack of enteric fever but, he rejoined his regiment on his return to Cape Colony.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 459
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 20.1.1900
Rockh. Bull.: Rockhampton Morning Bulletin date(s) 27.5.1901
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=683206&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2518479 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52734325 |
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