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Australians
in the Boer War
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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 | | MCBEAN |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | John Alexander |
| Regimental Number | | 218 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | SA |
Extracts and Comments
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Source:# 132 3Tp. 'A' Squadron, 'Jack' born 1880 in Adelaide, photo diary, re-enlisted in 2ACH, married & remained in S. Africa, a railwayman who died in 1966 in Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia.
Source:# 493 S. Af. diary 4-6.1900.
B5207: 2ACH(SA).
URL2: photo.
URL3: Boer War diary.
Newbury1: 4SAIB & 2ACH.
URL4: c10.1954 ex-police Sergt., Jim SMART, of Murray Bridge SA, trying to contact the other 8 4SAIB men who with 10 Tasmanians captured Gen. Schroeder and his Command at Koomati Poort Easter 1901, viz Paddy WALSH, MCBEAN, SMITH, Billy JOHNSTON, Andy THOMPSON, Bill ADAMS, 'Ben' BOLT, Bernie WARD & Sid LANSDELL.
URL5: amongst th eBushmen volunteers c1.1900 - John A MCBEAN Adelaide, 20, good bushman, good rider and fair shot, used to fatigue and roughing it.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 361
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 132
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 493
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
Newbury1: South Australians and the South African War page(s) 25
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 19.1.1900 & 27.10.1954
| | External Link URL1 | | www.slsa.sa.gov.au/saatwar/boerwar.htm | | External Link URL2 | | www.slsa.sa.gov.au/saatwar/collection/B38127.htm | | External Link URL3 | | www.slsa.sa.gov.au/saatwar/collection/D6338L_1.htm | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47594741 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29527393 |
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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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