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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 ROBINSON
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) John James
Regimental Number 235
RankPrivate
Unit Name 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: slightly wounded at Ottoshoop, Eland's R. 4-16.8.1900.
Kaplan1: Continuing service SA Cattle Rangers Corp. ASC.
URL1: Winton Qld.
B5172: c/- Mareeba North Qld.
URL2: ROBINSON John James 228 Ranger Cattle Rangers.
URL4: photo #235, single c/- Mrs CE ROWE at Mareeba NQld.
Source:# 1608 Farewell report to Roma resident Mr JJ (Jos) ROBINSON former Boer War veteran former proprietor of the Western Star newspaper (3QMI?). Farewell to 'Jos'.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 472
Kaplan1: Medal Roll for the QSA with Bar Relief of Mafeking 84
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 3.3.1900
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1608
W. Star: Western Star newspaper date(s) 19.7.1949 page 1
External Link URL1www.lighthorse.org.au/military/winton.htm
External Link URL2www.britishmedals.us/files/127cattle.htm
External Link URL3www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/697-corps-of-cattle-rangers
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2518783
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97534536


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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