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Australians
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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 | | MURRAY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Alfred Douglas Augustus |
| Regimental Number | | 138 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Alfred Douglas, Corporal 1.6.1900.
B5172: next of kin in Kangaroo Point Qld.
URL1: 1952 correspondence from daughter in Elwood Vic., a surveyor aged 44 born in 1855 in Launceston Tas., discharged from 4QMI in S.Africa 5.1901, Sergeant 3RPR from 1901 letter enlisted 1.8.1901 discharged 7.3.1902, Johannesburg and Boksburg addresses in 1902.
URL2: MURRAY Alfred Douglas Augustus Sgt. 35141 3RPR.
URL4: photo #138.
URL5: The undermentioned members of the Fourth Queensland Contingent were discharged locally, in South Africa, on 5.7.1901 - No. 351, Private William James WILKINS; No. 205, Private William Pearce BOYDELL; No. 289, Private John ALFORD; No. 59, Private James O'DONNELL and No. 138, Private Alfred Douglas MURRAY.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 482
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 2.9.1901
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=685556&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | www.britishmedals.us/files/127rpr3.htm | | External Link URL3 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL4 | | newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528966?zoomLevel=2 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19146044 |
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