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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		SYKES
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Henry Alexander
Regimental Number		240
Rank		Private
Unit Name		3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Kaplan1: Cattle Rangers. B5172: Excelsior Ridge Charters Towers Qld. URL1: SYKES Emery Alexander 231 Ranger Cattle Rangers. URL4: Henry Alexander photo #240, single from Excelsior Ridge Charters Towers Qld. URL6: Mr SYKES, of this town, has [c3.1902] received a letter from his son, Trooper HA SYKES, of the Third Queensland Bushmen, who has just completed his term of service. Trooper SYKES fought at Elands River, and in other stiff engagements, and for some time was one of the 'Cattle Rangers' for the Imperial forces. He is not leaving South Africa having accepted a position on the Imperial military railways in the Transvaal at 11/- per day. Another son of Mr. SYKES has gone to South Africa in the First Commonwealth Contingent.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 472 Kaplan1: Medal Roll for the QSA with Bar Relief of Mafeking 85 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 3.3.1900 NQ Register: North Queensland Register newspaper date(s) 3.3.1902
External Link URL1		www.britishmedals.us/files/127cattle.htm
External Link URL2		www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/697-corps-of-cattle-rangers
External Link URL3		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2518783
External Link URL5		www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/2590-imr
External Link URL6		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84422888

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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