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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		RIDDELL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Peter
Regimental Number		19
Rank		Gunner
Unit Name		1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: MG Section, invalided to Australia arrived 18.8.1900. Source:# 186 next of kin from Vic., enlisted BVC 11.4.1901. Woolmore1: born Glasgow Scot., 43 Trooper Bushveldt Carbineers, next of kin aunt MG BRUCE of Tatura Vic., WW1 3Pioneer Bn. URL1: WW1 AIF 1548A Private 4th Pioneers. URL2: farmer aged 40 from Williamstown Vic. B5172: Victoria Barracks Brisbane Qld. Roe: WO127 BVC roll Riddell Peter Tpr. 43. B4418: invalided from Maitland with fever and rheumatism per 'Aberdeen' arrived Brisbane 18.8.1900 to rejoin QRRAA, occasional rheumatic pain in left knee and problems with left eye, discharge issued 20.7.1901 by HQ Bushveldt Carbineers Pretoria.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 456 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 186 Woolmore1: Bushveldt Carbineers and the Pietersburg Light Horse page(s) 258 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418 Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 18.11.1899
External Link URL1		www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.asp?Folder=44&Page=42&Surname=riddell
External Link URL2		www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/14_15_2/pdf/0080.pdf
External Link URL3		www.qmmm.org/QPA/QPAhistory.html
External Link URL4		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL5		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3705653

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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