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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)		Stanley Spencer
Regimental Number		41
Rank		Private
Unit Name		2nd West Australia Mounted Infantry
State		WA
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: missing 28.7.1900 at Rhenoster rejoined 9.8.1900 Lieutenant 8.3.1901 6WAMI, Mentioned in Despatches Commander in Chief's despatches 8.7.1901, killed in action 23.6.1901. West Australian: War Memorial Perth Cathedral. B5165: previously Vic. Mtd. Rifles. Source:# 913 born 12.7.1872 and played 24 VFL games for Fitzroy 1897-98. URL3: Presbyterian Minister aged 27 from Vic. URL4: missing at Vredefort c8.1900. URL5: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 403 407 419 420 426 West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 29.1.1900, 30.4 & 25.7.1901 B5165: National Archives of Australia series B5165 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 913 Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 6.8.1900
External Link URL1		carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/military/bor-wa6.htm#wa6
External Link URL2		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php?action=10&nmcvoc_id=439
External Link URL3		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23828088
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9550707
External Link URL5		bwm.org.au/site/Stanley_Reid.php

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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