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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 RAWE
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) George
Regimental Number 380
RankPrivate
Unit Name 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
StateNSW
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
Murray: 'D'Sqn., died 10.5.1900 at Bloemfontein.
B5204: Queen's South Africa medal and 2 clasps (Drief. & CC) deceased 10.5.1900.
URL2: War Memorial Parramatta NSW.
URL3: member of NSW Police Force at Parramatta aged 34 and engaged to be married, letter dated Spitfontein 10.4.1900 said ill for couple of days with what looked like start of fever but believed then a good deal better having thrown of worst of the attack.
URL4: died of enteric fever.
URL5: ?Mtd. Infantry Tpr. E RAWE from Parramatta NSW leaving for front c17.1.1900.
URL6: died of enteric in Bloemfontein Hospital 20.5.1900 aged 34, youngest son of late Thomas RAWE of Crook Durham Eng.
URL8: news received in May 1900 of the deaths at Bloemfontein Hospital of Privates JJ KELLY, CG CRIPPS and E RAWE.
URL9: formerly from Lithgow NSW.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 69 203
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 26.5.1900
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 27.4.1904
Cumb.Argus: Cumberland Argus & Fruitgrowers' Advocate newspaper date(s) 17.1, 16.6 & 29.12.1900
External Link URL1www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2www.warmemorialsnsw.asn.au/Details.cfm?MemNo=3
External Link URL3nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14314107
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71508746
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85821183
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85818135
External Link URL7nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85821277
External Link URL8nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85825544
External Link URL9nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14314136


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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