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Australians
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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 | | SUMMERS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | John Chestnut |
| Regimental Number | | 640 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | SA |
Extracts and Comments
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B5207: SUMMERS John Chestnute 8ACH(SA).
URL2: 'F'Sqn. 4th Troop SAIB arrived in Albany WA 22.4.1902 from Capetown via Durban per 'Manchester Merchant' for Adelaide.
URL3: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record, died Boksburg 1912.
URL4: On Friday evening last [9.5.1902] the citizens of Petersburg had an opportunity of expressing a warm welcome home to the local returned members of the Fifth and Sixth Contingents, viz., Troopers RANDLE, FORGAN, EDWARDS and SLEADER. The social was under the patronage of his Worship the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. GW HALCOMBE), the Town Council, and the local military forces. The affair was a huge success. His Worship the Mayor occupied the chair, and the returned soldiers, together with Corporal LEWIS - also a member of the Fifth Contingent, now a resident in Petersburg -Troopers CLARKE (Broken Hill), MCDOUGALL (Adelaide) and SUMMERS (Terowie) were also on the platform. ... Troopers SUMMERS and CLARKE also briefly returned thanks. The former announced that it was his intention to return to the front with the next contingent, which remark was loudly cheered.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 376
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Newbury1: South Australians and the South African War page(s) 36
Register: The Register newspaper South Australia 23.4.1902 PbgTm: 16.5.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=687559&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55668198 | | External Link URL3 | | bwm.org.au/site/John_Summers.php | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124970753 |
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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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