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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 | | THOMPSON |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Victor Emanuel |
| Regimental Number | | 192 |
| Rank | | Bugler |
| Unit Name | | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Wilcox: THOMPSON EL 6QMI.
B5172: c/- baker in Warwick Qld.
Smith2: Doyle's Scouts/6QIB, King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps.
URL2: photo #192.
URL3: From the Front. Mr JB THOMPSON, Warwick, has received a letter from his son, Bugler V THOMPSON, of the 4th Queensland Contingent. The letter is dated from Barberton 20.9.1900, and in it the writer refers to several narrow escapes from shot and shell. "On one occasion," he writes, "our company was advancing to a kopje to get cover, and I was trotting along by the side of Lieutenant GREEN and humming a tune. I never heard a shell coming, and of course was going unconcernedly when one dropped in front of me. I tell you I stopped singing and changed my course; but if that shall had burst I could not possibly have escaped. ... There are only two of the Warwick lads up here and they are George THORN and myself. Bugler THOMPSON expresses the hope that he will be able to partake of Christmas dinner with his friends in Warwick, but present appearances do not favour the realisation of that hope.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 483
Wilcox: National Archives Search Guide - The Boer War page(s) 67
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 24
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900
Warwick Ar.: Warwick Argus newspaper date(s) 10.11.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528966?zoomLevel=2 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76638010 |
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