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Surname SECCOMBE
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Norman Thorne
Regimental Number 97
RankTrooper
Unit Name 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
Murray: SEACOMBE NT Lieutenant 'D'Coy 3ACH(Qld.).
B5207: Lt. 3ACH(Qld) a grazier aged 24 from Moree NSW 1 year 134 days 2QMI.
B5172: Mullinros via Narrabri NSW.
URL1: Lieut. Aust. Comm. Horse sailed for Eng. aboard the 'Kildonan Castle' 25.9.1902 on passage home.
URL3: age 23 with 1 year 57 days war service, returned per 'Tongariro' arrived Brisbane 3.5.1901 discharged 17.5.1901.
URL4: photo #97.
URL5: Lieut. NT SECCOMBE 2nd Commonwealth Contingent.
URL7: Pte. NT SECCOMBE marched into Pretoria with C Coy. 2QMI 6.6.1900.
URL8: photo of 890 Corporal NT SECCOMBE, c/- brother, HP SECCOMBE, Moree NSW.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 457 461 527
Mitchell: Light Horse: the Story of Australia's Mounted Troops page(s) 20
Wallace1: The Australians at the Boer War page(s) 141
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 20.1.1900, 1.2 & 1.3.1902
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 21.8.1900
GympieT: Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette newspaper date(s) 4.8.1900
External Link URL1www.angloboerwar.com/Other/shipping/190210.htm
External Link URL2naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=686865&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL3www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL4newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2518479
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21621157
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19036091
External Link URL7nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177737812
External Link URL8nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21620170


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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