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Australians
in the Boer War
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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 | | SPIDEN |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Robert Aleck |
| Regimental Number | | 103 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse (Qld) |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 'A'Sqn. S. Coastal District, died 17.8.1902 in Brisbane Hospital from pneumonia.
B5207: bushman from Thinoomba Gayndah Qld.
URL1: bushman aged 20 from Thinoomba Gayndah Line Qld., born in Maryborough next of kin father at Thinoomba.
URL2: Mr. Alec. SPIDEN, who returned from South Africa on the fatal "Drayton Grange," and reached his parents station, near Maryborough, has since succumbed to pneumonia. He had just come of age, dying on his 21st birthday. The grief of parents who have lost their sons thus, cannot fail to be intensified by the consideration that they left South Africa in good health.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 533 541
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Qld.Figaro: The Queensland Figaro newspaper date(s) 11.9.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=687325&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84124424 |
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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.
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