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Australians
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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 | | SALES |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Frank Francis |
| Regimental Number | | 2166 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 'B'Sqn.
Source:# 417 NZDF file 5472.
B5204: polisher born 30.12.1879 in ?Wangarl., nationality Colonial, single, CofE, next of kin father J SALES in Petersham NSW, signature F Sales (visibly more carefully written than any other on the page).
URL1: 'B'Sqn. photo #34.
Source:# 1293 Samuel William James BROWN born 26.10.1879 at Dunsandel Canterbury NZ (ie between Ashburton and Christchurch), died 1.10.1947. On his headstone his sons have put Number 2166 Trp. (Frank Francis SALES). The NZ record is correspondence saying that he had lost his medal and that it could be picked up at Army HQ in Wellington.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 129
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 417
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204 folder 11A
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 9.3.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1293
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1576
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71464521 |
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