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Murray: Corporal, Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 27.9.1901 Distinguished Conduct Medal.
B5172: Rockhampton Qld.
URL1: Distinguished Conduct Medal.
URL2: age 23 with 1 year 57 days war service, returned per 'Tongariro' arrived Brisbane 3.5.1901 discharged 17.5.1901, slight ?bursitis of left knee.
URL4: photo #36.
URL5: Mr. JJ TRICKETT, 2nd Qld. Contingent, read a paper to the St. Paul's Literary and Debating Society on 5.5.1902 based on his wartime diary entitled 'With Roberts to Pretoria'.
URL7: Private JJ TRICKETT, of A Company, 3rd Battalion, QMI, has been appointed temporarily to perform the duties of Quartermaster of the battalion.
URL8: letter 19.1.1903 from Rockhampton re 1QMI & 2QMI pay.
URL9: The camp commandant [at N. Rockhampton 14.4.1903] will present to Corporal J TRICKETT, of Rockhampton, and Private KEOGH, of Mount Morgan, the Distinguished Service medals gained by them in the war in South Africa.
URL10: Suffice it to say that [the Central Queenslanders] Captain THOMPSON, Corporal TRICKETT, and Privates STENHOUSE, FISHER, BRADY, JOHNSON, and CORCORAN were together until the fall of Pretoria on the 5th of June, 1900. With the exception of Private JOHNSON, not one of this number was sick, and all escaped without receiving a scratch. They took part in two important battles before the fall of Bloemfontein and were also near Sanna's Post in General COLVILLE's column when the disaster overtook General BROADWOOD's column, and two Rockhamptonites, amongst others, were taken prisoners.
Source:# 1578 TRICKETT, James John. Enlisted for WW1 duties 1.10.1915, married, a 37-ear-old mercantile manager, Brisbane, served as Lieutenant, 4 Divisional Ammunition Column, died of illness 12.2.1917, France, aged 39 years, interred Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France.
ADFA : ADFA AIF Database record.
Winner: This officer, a son of the famous oarsman, Edward TRICKETT, was born in Sydney in 1877, but came to Queensland as a child, and received his education in Rockhampton, where he spent his early manhood, and from whence on the outbreak of the Boer war, he enlisted as a private in one of the early Queensland contingents. During the campaign he was several times mentioned in despatches, and its conclusion found him with the rank of sergeant, a Distinguished Conduct Medal, and wearing five clasps on his South African medal. Immediately upon his arrival in Queensland his name became famous in connection with the stranding of the ss Aramac, when, upon the passengers taking to the boats, TRICKETT was entrusted with the command of a boat containing a large number of men, women, and children, and through his coolness, courage, and endurance all were saved … More.
AWMRoH: AWM Roll of Honour entry - James John TRICKETT Lieutenant 4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column Australian Imperial Force First World War 1914-1918, Died of illness 12.2.1917 in France 39, Place of Association Brisbane, Qld., Cemetery or Memorial Details Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France.
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