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Murray: died of wounds on 28.11.1901 at Wakkerstroom.
Price1: severely wounded at Kaalhoek on 23.11.1901, War Memorials Bairnsdale Canberra Sale.
Source:# 157 Sale Vic.
Blair: Trafalgar Vic.
B5179: born 1874 a constable with Vic. Foot Police from Russel St Melbourne next of kin in Trafalgar Gippsland Vic.
Melb. Leader: photo #559.
URL2: photo.
Source:# 1010 Wakkerstroom memorial photo, Shoeing Smith RANKEN J VMR died 28.11.1901, Constable 4775 Vic. Police.
URL4: presented with gold locket on departure by Metropolitan Police plus silver mounted pipes by Orange Institution.
URL6: FALLEN SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL, UNVEILING CEREMONY. On Saturday afternoon [27.11.1909] the monument erected to the memory of Gippsland soldiers who fought and fell in the Boer War was unveiled by Colonel FOXTON MHR, Honorary Minister, in the presence of a large gathering of persons resident in the town and district. ... The memorial bears the inscription - "In memory of our soldiers who fell in the Boer war, 1899—1902." The names already inscribed are - Pte. MW ATKINSON, Pte. E GREENWOOD, Pte. H LAMB, Pte. J RANKIN and Pte. AH WILSON, all of Sale.
URL7: Fifth VMR Memorial to Fallen Comrades opposite to St. Kilda Barracks ... The following is the list of names appearing on the tablets, together with the addresses, which we have obtained from official sources - Captain J KELLY, Melbourne. Lieutenant SR COULTER, Ballarat. Lieutenant JG CHRISP, Frankston. Lieutenant AG JOHNSTON, Hawthorn. Lieutenant AE MURPHY, Colac. Medical Officer HA PALMER, Ballarat. Sergeant AGK BUCKINGHAM, Yea. Farrier-Sergeant JF HOULIHAN, Collingwood. Corporal RPN ROBERTSON, Portsea. Corporal H HARRISON, Collingwood. Corporal H NEWLANDS, Prahran. Lance-Corporal AE BURLEY, Ballarat. Lance-Corporal HJ BOXALL, Melbourne. Lance-Corporal GR BUTTON, Anakie. Lance-Corporal HC HADLEY, Fitzroy. Lance-Corporal TS ROSS, Williamstown. Shoeing-Smith A HOUGHTON, Inverleigh. Shoeing-Smith AE SPOWART, Dean's Marsh. Shoeing-Smith RM THORNTON, Kilmore. Shoeing-Smith ?F RANKIN, Police Barracks, Melbourne. Privates SJ BARNARD, North Brunswick; EH BLANDFORD, Bendigo; L BOND, Longwood; FH CAUGHEY, Bairnsdale; J CHARLTON, Euroa; J COLLINS, Mumbannar; J COSTELLO, Dunolly; AB DAVIDSON, Moe; FG DOW, Balaclava; G GLENN, South Melbourne; LJW GOUDIE, St. Kilda; RG HARRISON, Mathoura NSW; WJ HEALEY, Melbourne; HH HENTY, Lyndhurst; HV HEWINS, Brighton; WW JAMES, Nagambie; HS LAMB, Sale; HJ LAWRENCE, North Carlton; AE MACK, Jolimont; TH MAHONEY, Darraweit Guim; J MCCANN, St. Kilda Road; J MCCORKELL, Queensclilf; MT MCDONALD, Yinnar; J MCNALLY, Carapooee; E REISENAUER, Armadale; EJ ROWE, Elsternwick; W SAULTRY, Port Melbourne; WA SMITH, Sutton Grange; GW STRATTON, Mooroopna; R TOPHAM, Yapeen; E VALPIED, Toora; NA WATSON, Pomborneit; J WHELAN, Glenhuntly; JE WHITE, South Melbourne.
URL8: Mr A MCLEAN MHR, performed the ceremony of unveiling [the memorial at Bairnsdale c6.1903]. THE INSCRIPTIONS. WEST FACE - Lance-Corpl. WD MAYS, Bairnsdale; Private AT WOODMAN, Bairnsdale; Private R MCGREGOR, Lindenow; Private HO WALFORD, Bulumwaal. NORTH FACE - Private AH WILSON, Sale; Private MM ATKINTON, Sale; Private H LAMB, Sale; Private J RANKIN, Sale; Private FH CAUGHNEY,Iguana Creek. SOUTH FACE - Corporal J MCGOWAN, Warragul; Private JW CRIGHTON, Warragul; Private TJ ROSE, Morwell; Private GW BOLDING, Morwell; Private AB DAVIDSON, Moe. EAST FACE - Sergeant DH PRUDEN, Newry; Sergeant MT MCDONALD, Yinnar; Private J MCCLURE, Won Wron; Private J JONSON, Hospital Creek; Private EA VALPIED, Toora.
URL9: A welcome home was given last night [29.4.1902] in the Malvern Town hall to Quarter-master Sergeant JH GODBY, Lance-Corporal R RANKIN and Private J RANKIN, late members of the Fifth Contingent. The welcome was tendered by their private friends and captain WOLLASTON was in the chair. The company numbered about 60. A musical evening was spent and the healths of the returned soldiers drunk enthusiastically.
URL10: Enlarged photos of the late Lieutenants KELLY and RANKIN, who were killed in South Africa, and who were formerly members of the police force, have been received at the Ballarat East station, and will be
hung in the watchhouse.
Numurkah Ldr.: With the 5th VMR. Sergeant-Major AW COUGHLAN, writing from Newcastle under date 17th December [1901], says - I arrived here per mail train from Charlestown yesterday morning, just as remounts were leaving for the column which is still in the Wakerstrom district, where BOTHA is supposed to have 1500 men. All Australian details are in this camp under Major UMPHELBY, and while here I am acting as Camp Sergeant-Major, which gives me plenty to do but will get a good show to improve in health before rejoining the column. Night marching and wet weather is playing up with us but it is satisfactory to know we are all doing good work. The war is gradually fizzling out and the mines and industries getting into good working order. Refugees and laborers are returning to their old homes. Thanks to the splendid system of block houses the railway lines have been clear for some time. We had a sweep on the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in which I drew Australian and Omrah. Sergeant CARLISLE was lucky enough to win the ten-shilling sweep. His good luck sticks to him - recommended for DCM wounded slightly a fortnight ago about half an inch from a vital part and then won the ten-shilling sweep. Poor Jim RANKIN (foot police) was wounded in the arm but blood poisoning supervened and he died on the road in. He was a splendid soldier, a big loss to the regiment, also to the foot police. Hector MCDONALD, MCNAMARA and H MCCASKILL are all here, the latter as saddler at the depot. Will PAYNE is OK and left with remounts three days ago. Mr MAYGAR, of C Coy., is being recommended for the VC for carrying a man out of fire about a fortnight ago. We are all hoping he will get it as he has been the best of the subalterns who left Victoria with the Fifth.
Source:# 1578 RANKIN James, parents William and Isabell, brother 2759 Stanley RANKIN died of wounds, France 31.7.1916.
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