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Australians
in the Boer War
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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 | | RUFFIN |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Walter Joseph |
| Regimental Number | | 13 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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B5172: next of kin in Northcote Vic.
Source:# 1339 born 1875 in Geelong Vic., father George Hall RUFFIN in Raleigh St. Walter re-enlisted for WW1 from Brisbane and served with 47Bn. AIF in 1916, shown as a miner with wife in Charters Towers.
URL2: WW1 AIF 2376 Pte. 5th Reinforcements for 47Bn., a miner aged 40 in 1916, born in Geelong Vic., next of kin wife in Charters Towers Qld., 18 months S. African War, 14 years Kennedy Regt., & 4 months Pacific Expeditionary Force, A/Cpl. 8.6.1916, Pte. 9.12.1916, 47Bn. Etaples 6.2.1917, 46Bn. 18.5.1918, returned to Aust. from Eng. per 'Port Napier' 12.5.1919, discharged 13.8.1919, 1939 correspondence with Repatriation Commission Brisbane.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 493
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1339
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1602 Darebin's Boer War page 52
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8071404 |
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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.
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