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Australians
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| Surname | | PEEK |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Rupert de Lacey |
| Regimental Number | | 21 |
| Rank | | Trumpeter |
| Unit Name | | New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: 'A'Sqn. invalided to Australia 13.12.1900.
B5204: clerk born ?1882 Newcastle NSW.
Sydney Mail: 'A'Sqn. photos.
Source:# 512 E. Maitland NSW.
URL3: W Maitland NSW.
URL4: Young Rupert PEEK, the Lancer trumpeter, has received the necessary permission from his parents to proceed to South Africa with the Bushmen's Contingent. He is eager for the fray, and hopes to be able to out-do the gallantry of little Bugler SHERLOCK, of the 5th Lancers, who shot three Boers at Elandslanagte. He left Maitland for Sydney last night [22.1.1900].
URL5: Queen's South Africa Medal presented by Duke of York in Sydney 1.6.1901.
URL6: Soldiers for England. — As is well-known the Federal Government intends sending a body of men home to represent tho Commonwealth at the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII. It has been decided to send only men who have taken part in the South African war. Last week Captain WC MARKWELL, of the Maitland Lancers, received word on the subject, asking him for nominations from Maitland. Captain NICHOLSON, who saw a lot of service in South Africa, will not be able to go, and the only nomination is that of Trumpeter R PEEK, who has been ordered to report himself at the orderly room, Newcastle, to undergo the necessary medical test. Captain SCOBIE, officer commanding B Company Infantry Regiment, has been informed that two men from the regiment will be taken; and we understand that Private CH MITCHELL will be one of them. Private MITCHELL went to the Soudan as well as to South Africa.
URL7: FROM SCHOOL TO WAR. A few days since [3.1901] at a presentation at Newtown Public School to Trumpeter Charles E BLANCHARD, who is going to South Africa as a bugler, Mr. BRIDGES, Chief Inspector, who made the presentation, said BLANCHARD was 'the first schoolboy from the State of New South Wales to volunteer for service against the Boers.' This statement is incorrect, for with the first contingent of Australian Bushmen went Trumpeter RD PEEK, from the public school at West Maitland. Trumpeter PEEK, who was presented with a handsome silver watch by his schoolmates, has just returned. While in South Africa he was for a time trumpeter to Major-General BADEN-POWELL.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 76
Wallace1: The Australians at the Boer War page(s) 235
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204
Sydney Mail: Sydney Mail newspaper date(s) 3.3.1900
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 512
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 17.2.1900
NMHMA: Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate newspaper date(s) 23.1.1900
MaitlandDM.: Maitland Daily Mercury newspaper date(s) 4.6.1901
MaitlandWkly.: The Maitland Weekly newspaper date(s) 26.4.1902
Evg. News: Evening News (Sydney NSW) date(s) 7.3.1901
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