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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		POWELL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		John William
Regimental Number
Rank		Lieutenant
Unit Name
State
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		URL1: Lieutenant John William 1st Australian Mounted Rifles Contingent, killed at Hopkirk's Farm near Rensberg 9.2.1900. Born at Mount Gambier SA on 12.8.1862 son of John and Lucy Powell, memorial at Colesburg Cemetery South Africa. Roe: James William 1SAMR. URL2: S. Aust. MI (1st S. Aust. Contingent) Lt. John William Powell (12.2.1900). Source:# 1003 Mt. Gambier SA Boer War memorial, killed at Kopkirks Farm 12.2.1900. URL5: In memoriam notice, Lieut. John POWELL 1st SA Contingent.
Source References		Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1003 Register: The Register newspaper South Australia 12.2.1901 BorderW: Mount Gambier Border Watch newspaper date(s) 12.2.1902
External Link URL1		glosters.tripod.com/BoerP.htm
External Link URL2		www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/sagraves.htm
External Link URL3		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/mems0001.php
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54558000
External Link URL5		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77493490

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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