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Australians
in the Boer War
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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 | | TROWER |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | George Matthew |
| Regimental Number | | 660 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Details per 'Britannic' (all but one of the Details had served in 3rd or 4th Qld. Contingents).
Smith2: 3QMI & Doyle's Scouts, King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps.
URL1: remained in S. Africa for further service when 5QIB returned to Aust.
URL2: so I beat a "retreat" for Ipswich. I met Trooper George TROWER (of Pine Mountain), who, it will be remembered, left Ipswich a second time for South Africa some 18 months ago in company with Sergeant D POPE and Trooper J MACAULAY. He was a passenger by the Manchester Merchant, but left her at Adelaide and came overland by train. He was looking very well, but he stated that the "details," of which he was a member, had plenty of rough work while over in South Africa. Trooper TROWER further informed me that he thought POPE was on board the Drayton Grange, which is quarantined down South.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 519
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 24
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 16.5.1902
QldTIps.: Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser newspaper date(s) 5.8.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19184287 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124136114 |
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