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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 BECKER
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Ernest Alexander
Regimental Number 519
RankTrooper
Unit Name 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
StateSA
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: Corporal.
URL1: drover aged 25 born at Port Darwin, next of kin Mrs Helen E BECKER Adelaide SA.
Source:# 1072 Cpl. 5SAIB Admin Party which sailed per 'Teviotdale' 10.1902.1901 with 50 horses.
URL2: discharged in S. Africa.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 369
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1072
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 16.2.1901 page 53
Chronicle: Chronicle newspaper Adelaide SA date(s) 3.5.1902
External Link URL1naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=1047620&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL2nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87827494


Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


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.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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