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Surname BONNER
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) John
Regimental Number 747
RankTrooper
Unit Name 1st Australian Horse
StateNSW
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: killed at Glen Siding 28.3.1900.
Dunn&B : stockman from Rylstone NSW, hit & killed outright at The Glen, buried Glen Siding, War Memorial Rylstone NSW, brother of William.
Paterson: hit by shell at Glen Siding.
URL2: Tpr. BONNOR Aust. Horse killed by artillery with first shell fired from 3 miles away.
Roe: ?Town & Country newspaper report says WT BONNER killed early in war, not John BONNER.
URL3: Demonstration, banquet and presentation of watches c9.1901 in Rylstone NSW to welcome back Tpr. J BONNER, brother of Tpr. W BONNER one of the first Australians to fall in S. Africa, and 10 other local volunteers.
URL5: WW1 AIF Pte. D Coy. 8Bn. John BONNER a farmer aged 40 in 1915 born in Rylstone NSW nok mother in Rylstone, 17 months 1st Aust. Horse S. Africa, died 15.10.1915 of measles and broncho-pneumonia in Field Hospital Liverpool NSW. MudgG: Mudgee Returned Soldiers. On Monday next, 8th inst. [8.4.1907], at 10 a.m. sharp, at the Court House, Mudgee, the Police Magistrate will inquire into the claims of returned soldiers for additional pay for their services in South Africa. The following members, principally the second contingent, have been asked to attend at time stated — T Wessell, (Lue), J Bonner (Rylstone), A Bishop (Mudgee), WJ Currie (Appletree Flat), DH Spring (Mudgee), W Warner (Spring Flat), OL Milling (Leadville), and HH Leonard (Pipeclay).
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 46 203
Wallace1: The Australians at the Boer War page(s) 174-5
Dunn&B : Boys in Green: Centenary History of 1st Australian Horse page(s) 16
Paterson: From the Front page(s) 258
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 21.4.1900
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 19.5.1900 & 7.9.1901
Gundagai Times: Gundagai Times and Tumut Adelong & Murrumbidgee District Advertiser date(s) 3.8.1900
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 7.8.1950
Evg. News: Evening News (Sydney NSW) date(s) 28.5.1900
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 14 & 16.5.1900 MudgG: 4.4.1907
External Link URL1nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71379624
External Link URL2nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71380982
External Link URL3nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71471880
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125511794
External Link URL5recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3098410
External Link URL6recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3098410
External Link URL7www.rdhswiki.com/page/Mid-Western+Council+Region+WW1+Soldiers+KIA


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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.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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