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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 | | BASCHE |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Carl Oswald |
| Regimental Number | | |
| Rank | | Lieutenant |
| Unit Name | | 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 'B'Sqn. OFS 2.1900-4.1900 died at Bloemfontein on 16.4.1900 from enteric, NSW Govt. widow's pension to Mrs. EJ BASCHE to 4.1905.
URL2: Memorial Bloemfontein Cemetery.
URL3: died of enteric at Bloemfontein 16.10.1900, memorial at St. James Church Sydney NSW.
URL4: Fort St. High School Sydney.
URL5: Captain, death and memorial listed in Macleay Chronicle newspaper index 1915-1920.
URL6: photo.
URL7: Lieut. CO BASCHE died of enteric aged 24, a clerk in the Treasury.
URL9: Lieutenant Carl Oswald BASCHE, who is about 24 years of age, has for some time occupied the position of a clerk in the Treasury Department, but has obtained leave of absence under the circumstances. He joined the Army Service Corps as a private, and rose from the ranks to his present position. He is an excellent rifle shot, and a good rough-rider. More- over, he is very popular with his regimental comrades.
URL10: The [NSW ASC] corps though not directly represented in South Africa during the late Boer war, gave about 25 per cent, of its effective strength as volunteers to other corps, and it is worthy of note that out opf five ASC officers who volunteered for active service, three are lying in South African graves, viz.. Lieutenants BASCHE and HARRIOTT, and Captain MILLER, the latter a son of Lieutenant-Colonel David MILLER, the late commanding officer of the corps.
C&R Examiner: On Sunday week [9.11.1902] festival services were the order of the day at All Saints Church of England at West Kempsey. The sacred edifice was decorated for the occasion and the services were largely attended. In the morning Archdeacon MOXON performed the ceremony of unveiling three stained glass windows, also a marble tablet erected by the public of the Macleay in memory of the late Lieutenant BASHE while on active service in South Africa.
Evg. News: Private Herbert Warren, of the New South Wales Ambulance Corps, writing to Mr. AJ SMITH, of Woollahra, from Bloemfontein on April 19 [1900], says ... There are a number of deaths daily. Lieutenant BASCHE (NSWMI) died here yesterday. There must be fifty deaths per day at Bloemfontein. At this rate there will be no British Army soon.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 60 62 202A 203
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 3.1.1900
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 23.4.1900
Wagga Exp.: Wagga Express newspaper date(s) 24.2.1900
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 19.1.1900 LDTel: 9.9.1903
C&R Examiner: Clarence & Richmond Examiner newspaper date(s) 18.11.1902
Evg. News: Evening News (Sydney NSW) date(s) 31.5.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | angloboerwar.com/Casualties/images/Grave - Basche, CO, NSWMR - Bloemfontein - 23 Sep 04.jpg | | External Link URL3 | | glosters.tripod.com/OfficersB.htm | | External Link URL4 | | www.fortstreet.nsw.edu.au/Documents/Document Library/Mercurius/10-04 May Mercurius .pdf | | External Link URL5 | | www.gownewspaperindexes.com.au/macleaychron1915.html | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71375678 | | External Link URL7 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23833880 | | External Link URL8 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145294800 | | External Link URL9 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14233491 | | External Link URL10 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153909496 |
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