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Australians
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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 | | MAYS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William David |
| Regimental Number | | 445 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Lance Corporal, died at Mafeking from enteric on 11.1.1901.
Price1: War Memorials Bairnsdale Canberra Ballarat Sale.
B5179: born 1872 a horse-breaker from Bairnsdale Vic.
URL3: Mr A MCLEAN MHR, performed the ceremony of unveiling [the memorial at Bairnsdale c6.1903]. THE INSCRIPTIONS. WEST FACE - Lance-Corpl. WD MAYS, Bairnsdale; Private AT WOODMAN, Bairnsdale; Private R MCGREGOR, Lindenow; Private HO WALFORD, Bulumwaal. NORTH FACE - Private AH WILSON, Sale; Private MM ATKINTON, Sale; Private H LAMB, Sale; Private J RANKIN, Sale; Private FH CAUGHNEY,Iguana Creek. SOUTH FACE - Corporal J MCGOWAN, Warragul; Private JW CRIGHTON, Warragul; Private TJ ROSE, Morwell; Private GW BOLDING, Morwell; Private AB DAVIDSON, Moe. EAST FACE - Sergeant DH PRUDEN, Newry; Sergeant MT MCDONALD, Yinnar; Private J MCCLURE, Won Wron; Private J JONSON, Hospital Creek; Private EA VALPIED, Toora.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 270 336
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 38
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 157
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 287, 312, 620
NQ Register: North Queensland Register newspaper date(s) 21.1.1901
Morwell Adv.: Morwell Advertiser newspaper date(s) 19.6.1903
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82344352 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65880640 |
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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.
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