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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		SWEENEY
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		William
Regimental Number		162
Rank		Private
Unit Name		2nd Tasmanian Bushmen
State		Tas
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Bufton: photo. URL1: Queenstown Tas. URL2: joining South African Constabulary c12.1900. Source:# 1296 born in Tas. but died 21.12.1957 at Palmerston North in NZ aged 81.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 553 Bufton: Tasmanians in the Transvaal War page(s) 151 Launc. Exam.: Launceston Examiner newspaper date(s) 1.3.1900 Hbt. Mercury: Hobart Mercury newspaper date(s) 25.12.1900 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1296 NZ Times: Times newspaper (New Zealand) date(s) 23.12.1957 p1.
External Link URL1		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35347229
External Link URL2		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12824240
External Link URL3		www.angloboerwar.com/south-african-units/2004-south-african-constabulary

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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