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Surname		SMART
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Henry James
Regimental Number		272
Rank		Private
Unit Name		2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles
State		Vic
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: died at Kroonstadt on 3.6.1900 from enteric. Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Canberra. B5177: carrier aged 26. B5179: blacksmith and farrier from Ararat Vic. URL2: Sir Alfred Milner cabled yesterday [6.6.1900] that Private Henry James SMART of the Second Victorian Contingent, died at Kroonstad on 3.6.1900 from enteric fever. Deceased formerly carried on business as a blackmnith at Ararat Vic., and was unmarried. URL3: ENTERiC FEVER VICTIMS. LONDON, Friday [8.6.1900]. The following deaths have occurred among the Australian troops on active service in South Africa from enteric fever - Trooper LD TUNKS, New South Wales Lancers; died at Kroonstad. Trooper GL HARDY, South Australian Mounted Infantry, died at Bloemfontein. Trooper HJ SMART, Victorian Mounted Infantry, died at Kroonstad. We are informed that it is Trooper A WHITNEY (No. 829), of the Parramatta Lancers, and not Trooper WH WHITNEY, of Lismore, who is dangerously ill at the front.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 237 336 Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 27 Reay: Australians at War - with the Australian Regiment page(s) 375 B5177: National Archives of Australia series B5177 B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 8.6.1900 Sydney Tel.: Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper date(s) 9.6.1900
External Link URL1		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14316556
External Link URL3		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237317667

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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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