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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		MAXWELL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Francis
Regimental Number		202
Rank		Private
Unit Name		4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: Sergeant 1.6.1900, killed in action at Hamman's Kraal on 17.7.1900 endeavouring to save a comrade. Source:# 22 War Memorial Brisbane. B5172: c/- Bank of NSW Adelaide SA. URL1: born 1870. URL3: Petronella Memorial, Sgt. F MAXWELL QIB died 17.7.1900. URL5: photo #202. URL8: late Sgt. Francis Maxwell 4QIB of Mt. Garnet Qld., estate notice. URL10: Trooper P NOLAN, who was well known on Netley and in Broken Hill, and went to South Africa with the Queensland Imperial Bushmen, writes from Pretoria to his mother at South Broken Hill. His letter is dated 31.7.1900 ... "The next day we started on a march after General Botha, 21,000 of us (including 19,000 fighting men). We were to drive the Boers on to Buller and Lord Roberts; they retired before as every day till we reached Balmoral. We were close upon them there, for we cooked our dinners in their fires. Then came a storm, and our waggons and guns were bogged; the Boers were in pretty much the same plight. Buller came on them the next day and blew old Harry ont of them. He took a lot of guns and prisoners. ... We had two skirmishes that day. Private DUGGAN and Sergeant MAXWELL were killed; MAXWELL was shot in five places.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 483 541 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 22 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900 Barrier Miner: Barrrier Miner newspaper date(s) 23.7.1900 Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 3.10.1901 West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 23.7.1900 Barrier Miner: Barrrier Miner newspaper date(s) 7.9.1900
External Link URL1		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2		www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/boerodds.htm
External Link URL3		public.fotki.com/Hetta/petronella/picture009.html
External Link URL4		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL5		newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528966?zoomLevel=2
External Link URL6		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memq0001.php
External Link URL7		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44260939
External Link URL8		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4866598
External Link URL9		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23840458
External Link URL10		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44263862

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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.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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