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| Surname | | PRUSSING |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Alfred |
| Regimental Number | | 74 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 'A'Sqn.
B5204: labourer born 1880 ?Granfalls NSW, Canadian Scouts 36851 Trooper 25.9.1901-19.4.1902 Queen's South Africa Medal (SA01).
Sydney Mail: 'A'Sqn. photos.
Source:# 555 Tpr. 36851 Canadian Scouts born 1880 Granfalls NSW Aust., marital status single enlisted Can. Scouts 25.9.1901 at Cape Town discharged Can. Scouts 14.4.1902 (time expired) previous service Citizen's New South Wales Bushmen Contingent (74) Trooper medals Queen's South Africa Medal and 5 clasps (CC, OFS, Tvl SA01, SA02)
Roe: ?Grenfell NSW.
URL1: not found.
URL4: indulgence passenger from NSW to Africa on 'Britannic' 8.1901.
URL5: 'A'sqn. photo #83.
URL6: Grenfell NSW.
URL7: NSWCB, welcomed back to Grenfell NSW 25.6.1901.
URL8: Trooper Alf. PRUSSING, 1st Regiment Australian Bushmen, writing from Mafeking, under date 1.8.1900 to Mr. TE FISHER, Mayor of Grenfell NSW, says:— You must excuse me for not writing before to thank you and the Council for your kind and beautiful present, which I received the day I left Sydney. I will treasure it as long as I live. I would have written before, but we are continually on the move, and the mails are very uncertain. You will see by the papers that our regiment has been in action. Our men have behaved splendidly whenever they have been engaged, and have been specially praised by Major-General Baden-Powell. I have, so far, been lucky enough to escape without a scratch, but during the siege at Elands River, I received a bullet through my helmet. A fow days after we were relieved at Elands River, we joined Lord Methuen's forces, and marched on to Mafeking. On our way we passed through Malmani, where the Imperial Bushmen are garrisoned, but I did not meet any of the Grenfell lads. We only halted there for about thirty minutes. We leave here by rail for Pretoria tomorrow (Sunday), at 8 o'clock, where we will again, join Baden-Powell's force. The Transvaal is a splendid country, but I cannot say much for the people; as for tho Boers them selves, they are a treacherous lot, and will not fight unless well under cover. We expect to get orders for home soon now, as the war is practically over. Again thanking yourself and Council for your handsome present, I remain, etc. Trooper Alf. Prussing.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 77
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204
Sydney Mail: Sydney Mail newspaper date(s) 3.3.1900
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 555
PRO(UK) : National Archives of the United Kingdom - series WO 126/17, WO 100/287, WO 127/4
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 21
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 26.6 & 21.8.1901
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 17 & 24.2.1900
Grenfell Record: Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser newspaper date(s) 13.10.1900
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