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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 MCFADZEN
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Fergus George
Regimental Number 358
RankPrivate
Unit Name 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
Source:# 133 'G'Coy. 'Rogie' born 1881 near Nebo Qld., invalided to Australia arrived 30.4.1901 discharged medically unfit & pensioned for loss of sight in left eye, rescued war corespondent WS CHURCHILL, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (Tvl OFS & CC), died in 1944 E. Funnel Ck. Qld.
B5172: c/- Nebo Mackay Qld.
J1773: Boer War Veteran case file 1938-1944.
URL2: MCFADYEN photo #358.
URL3: variously MCFADFZEN & MCFADZEN 1881-1944.
URL4: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
URL5: ABCTV Just In 21 April 2017.
URL6: 1944 report of the rescue of Churchill.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 486
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 133
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
J1773: National Archives of Australia series J1773
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900 F&Set: 28.1.1944
External Link URL1www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL2newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528965?zoomLevel=2
External Link URL3bwm.org.au/site/Fergus_McFadzenDD.php
External Link URL4bwm.org.au/site/Fergus_McFadzen.php
External Link URL5www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-21/lost-letter-prove-soldier-nebo-saved-winston-churchill/8458362
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117368725


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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