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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		PETHER
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		William Henry
Regimental Number		72
Rank		Trooper
Unit Name		2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles
State		SA
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: invalided to Australia arrived 28.2.1901. Newbury1: Damant's Horse. URL1: PETHER William N Tpr. Damant's Horse/Rim. Guides discharged 14.11.1901 wrongly enlisted. URL3: QSA & 4 clasps, invalided. URL4: incorrectly reported died from enteric 13.8.1900.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 351 Newbury1: South Australians and the South African War page(s) 30 Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 14.12.1901 Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 5.10.1900
External Link URL1		www.britishmedals.us/files/127riming.htm
External Link URL2		www.angloboerwar.com/nominal/rimington/rimington_nominal.htm
External Link URL3		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4871650
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14350669

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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