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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 RICHARD
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) James
Regimental Number 260
RankPrivate
Unit Name 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: RICHARD.
B5172: Excelsior Ridge Charters Towers Qld.
URL1: James RICKARD photo #260 married, Excelsior Ridge Charters Towers Qld.
URL2: Mrs RICKARDS, the wife of a soldier at front in S. Africa, died shortly after giving birth. The Patriotic Fund undertook to care for baby but it died of diarrhoea 7.2.1901, Fund will arrange funeral.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 472
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 3.3.1900
Northern Miner: Nortnern Miner (Charters Towers) newspaper date(s) 8.2.1901
External Link URL1nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2518783
External Link URL2nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79153714


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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