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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 MCCARTNEY
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Edward James
Regimental Number 135
RankPrivate
Unit Name 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

B5172: next of kin in Charters Towers Qld.
URL2: photo #135.
URL3: ?Pte. MCCARTNEY unofficially reported killed at Sprintskop near Walkerstroom, Qld. Government seeking details.
URL4: ?Pte. Warwick MCCARTNEY 5th Qld. Bushmen killed.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 512
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 13.4.1901
Capric.: Capricornian newspaper Rockhampton Qld. date(s) 22.2.1901
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 15.3.1902
WChamp.: Western Champion & General Advertiser for Central West (Barcaldine) newspaper date(s) 10.3.1902
External Link URL1www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL2nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2403211
External Link URL3nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68275020
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71521462
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76364146


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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