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| Surname | | SMITH |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Robert Alexander |
| Regimental Number | | 31726 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 2nd Scottish Horse |
| State | | |
Extracts and Comments
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Price2: Johannesburg Mounted Rifles Lance Corporal, Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps.
URL3: not found in WO127 JMR roll.
URL5: NATHALIA - On Monday last [26.10.1931] Corporal Robert A SMITH, of Yielima, returned to Nathalia looking well after his active service in the Scottish Horse in South Africa, and reports that all his war mementoes and medals were stolen from him at Johannesburg. Corporal SMITH was one of the members of the Colonial troops picked in South Africa and sent to England to do service at the late Coronation jubilations.
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| Source References | |
Price2: Southern Cross Scots page(s) 134 162
A6394: National Archives of Australia series A6394
Numurkah Ldr.: Numurkah Leader newspaper date(s) 31.10.1902
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| External Link URL1 | | www.britishmedals.us/files/iys.htm |
| External Link URL2 | | www.britishmedals.us/files/127scothorse.htm |
| External Link URL3 | | www.britishmedals.us/files/127jmr.htm |
| External Link URL4 | | www.angloboerwar.com/nominal/jmr/jmr_nominal.htm |
| External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186761003 |
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