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Murray: RSM, Lieutenant 15.5.1900, Queen's South Africa Medal.
Newbury1: Imperial Military Railways & Johannesburg Mounted Rifles.
URL1: photo.
URL2: not found in WO127/11 JMR roll.
URL3: ?appointed Works Manager at Pretoria for IMR.
URL4: ?Lieut. AE PRESS 2nd SA Continent appointed manager of IMR at Pretoria.
URL5: QSA & 3 clasps.
URL6: letter dated 22.22.1900 from onboard 'Surrey' off Port Elizabeth.
URL7: in charge of Colt Gun, son of Mr. Wm. PRESS of N. Adelaide, employed by Government for 20 years (details).
URL8: The undermentioned officers, who served in South Africa with various contingents from this State, have been gazetted as entitled to the honorary rank mentioned - To be honorary major, Captain FW HURCOMBE; to be honorary captains, Lieutenants (medical staff) FD JERMYN, GJR WALTER, FM ROWELL, JRB O'SULLIVAN, W DE PASSEY, and EJF LANGLEY DSO; to be honorary lieutenants, LH LOVELY and F LAYCOCK. Officers who on appointment were not serving, and who are not now serving in the military forces of Australia - To be honorary captains, Honorary Lieutenants AE COLLINS DSO, HJ RUSSELL, SC MCFARLANE DSO, EA ROBERTS and HA REID DSO; to be honorary lieutenants, M IVES, FJ DOUGLAS, AW JOHNSON, SA WHITE, WJ PRESS, JT DEMPSEY, HA TOLMER, JH SHEARER, F MUIR, DW BROCK, N CAMPBELL, HL KEKWICK, HJ RUSSELL, FO THORN, GG AYLIFFE, TW GLIEMANN, WCN WAITE, WA NUNNELEY, S BLUE, GH COSSINS, AK HARVEY, NW STIRLING, HE FRANCIS, JD TOLMER, RA HAMILTON, GE CATCHLOVE, CFM JOHNSON, HLSB OGILVY, FC SEIKMANN, AVW WATSON, J DOWNER, G DE REYHER, BT WARD, RCH WALKER, WF SPENCER and LL REID. To be veterinary lieutenant, JL BURNS.
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