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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 | | TOWNLEY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Norman Vincent |
| Regimental Number | | 170 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Kaplan1: medal issued 'Ophir' list, Lieutenant Doyle's Scouts, King's Medal.
B5172: c/- Milton Qld.
Smith2: Doyle's Scouts/5QIB, King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps.
URL2: 3QMI Doyle's Scouts and on Sir Walter Kitchener's staff, awarded Distinguished Service Order, Queen's & King's South Africa medals with 6 clasps, joined Finance Dept. of Pretoria, married in Pretoria Cathedral in 1911.
Source:# 1140 cable received by Major KOCH Moreton Regt. stating that his son, Lieut. FBT KOCH and Mr. Norman TOWNLEY, son of Captain TOWNLEY chairman of the PSB, have received commissions in S. Africa in the Australian Commonwealth Regt. Lieut. TOWNLEY served with the Third Contingent and was in the engagement at Elands River, both officers left by the Britannic in September 1900.
URL4: photo #170, single c/- Capt. TOWNLEY of Milton Qld,
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 470
Kaplan1: Medal Roll for the QSA with Bar Relief of Mafeking 85
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 24
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 7.1.1911
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 14.10.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1140
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 3.3.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22288982 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19143404 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2518782 |
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