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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		REID
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		David Elder
Regimental Number
Rank		Lieutenant
Unit Name		1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: 'A'Coy., Captain 13.2.1900 Brevet Major, Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 3.2.1901, 16.7.1901 Distinguished Service Order, Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps (RoK Paard. Drief. Jbg. & DH). Source:# 72 Captain from Gympie Qld. West Australian: Distinguished Service Order investiture at St. James. B5172: Gympie Qld. URL1: aboard the "Orient" leaving Cape Town for Australia and New Zealand on 13.12.1900. URL2: returned per 'Orient' arrived Brisbane 16.1.1901 address Gympie Qld., 3 days in Bloemfontein Hospital 3.1900 with veldt fever. URL5: DSO LG 19.4.1901.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 448 449 450 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 72 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 139 West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 31.10.1901 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418 Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 18.11.1899 Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 22.4.1901
External Link URL1		www.angloboerwar.com/Other/shipping/190012.htm
External Link URL2		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=686313&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL3		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3705653
External Link URL5		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14360001

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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