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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		STIRLING
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Colin
Regimental Number		110
Rank		Private
Unit Name		5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: killed in action 6.8.1901 Kopjesfontein. Source:# 22 War Memorial Brisbane. Fogg: buried Koppiesfontein 7.8.1901. B5172: next of kin in Toowoomba Qld. URL4: several [5QIB] officers took the opportunity of visiting Kimberley, before a start was made for the Boschof district, where Privates STIRLING and CUMMINS and Corporal ANNING were killed, and three men were wounded.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 495 541 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 22 Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) 8 West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 14.8.1901 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 10.5.1902
External Link URL1		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL3		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memq0001.php
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21623630

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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