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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 | | TUNBRIDGE |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Walter Howard |
| Regimental Number | | |
| Rank | | Major |
| Unit Name | | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 16.4.1901, Commander of the Bath, Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps, ADC to GG CG 8.8.1902.
Wallace1: 2IC Elands River, photo.
ABWSGoA : photo.
Wallace2: Eland's R.
URL3: photo.
B5172: Qld. Artillery.
Roe: departed Cape Town aboard 'Morayshire' 9.5.1901 for Aust.
URL5: born in 1856 in Dover Kent Eng., settled in Townsville Qld.
URL6: CB LG 19.4.1901.
URL7: accounts of 'mutiny' aboard 'Morayshire' while returning from Capetown.
URL8: 3. Major WH TUNBRIDGE, Captain WG THOMPSON, Captain JE DODS, Lieutenant R DOWSE, Lieutenant J WALKER, Lieutenant H HARRIS, Lieutenant P GLASGOW, Lieutenant CG ADIE, Lieutenant RM STODART, Lieutenant AF CRICHTON reimbursed by Qld. on behalf of Imperial authorities for loss of chargers. All officers of the fourth, fifth, and sixth contingents have been refused, the War Office replying that the £50 allowance already paid covered the cost of horses, etc.
URL9: MILITARY AND NAVAL REVIEW. PRESENTATION OF HONOURS. Monday week [c11.1902] was observed as a military holiday in honour of the birthday of his Majesty King Edward, the gala event being a review of the forces by the Governor, Sir Herbert CHERMSIDE, in the Government House Domain, and the presentation by his Excellency of the Insignia of the Co panion of the Bath to those Queensland officers to whom Ii had been awarded for services during the recent war in South Africa. His Excellency inspected the troops, after which they marched past, saluted and returned to their previous position. They then advanced in review order, and again gave the Royal salute, followed by three cheers for the King, at the command of his Excellency. The troops were then formed into three sides of a square, surrounding a table upon which was spread a Union Jack. Upon this were spread a number of sealed and addressed packets bearing the insignia to be presented. Arms were sloped at the command of Lieutenant-Colonel FOXTON, his Excellency dismounted, and the officers to be honoured were drawn up in line before the table. They were Colonel Tom PRICE (Commandant). Major WH TUNBRIDGE, Major Spencer BROWNE, Major Victor SELLHEIM and Major DEACON, to receive the CB and Sergeant-major WA FREEMAN to receive the Medal for Meritorious Service.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 73 465 466
Field: The Forgotten War etc. page(s) 176
Wallace1: The Australians at the Boer War page(s) 259 266-7 306 354
Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) 4
ABWSGoA : Anglo-Boer War Study Group of Australia 1
Wallace2: The Circumstances Surrounding the Seige of Elands River Post page(s)
Kopje: ABWSGoA journal The Kopje date(s) 9.2001
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 64, 74, 90, 148, 158, 184, 197/198
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 22.4 & 12.6.1901
Bne. Tele.: Brisbane Telegraph newspaper date(s) 7.11.1903
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 22.11.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.lighthorse.org.au/famous-battles/famous-battles-boer-war/the-siege-of-elands-river-post | | External Link URL2 | | users.westconnect.com.au/~ianmac5/exhibit2.html | | External Link URL3 | | www.diggerhistory.info/pages-battles/elands_river.htm | | External Link URL4 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18540263 | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14360001 | | External Link URL7 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14390589 | | External Link URL8 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174837873 | | External Link URL9 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21806649 |
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