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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 | | VARDY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Joseph Francis |
| Regimental Number | | 221 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Corporal 1.6.1900 Sergeant 29.12.1900.
B5172: c/- Marllsford Campbelltown NSW.
URL2: photo #221.
URL4: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
URL5: MR JOSEPH VARDY, with the Imperial Bushman (Queensland contingent) in South Africa,
writes the following interesting letter to a friend at Campbelltown, under date Pretoria, Sept. 16th [1900] - "Just a line or two to show you that I have
not forgotten you. How are you? Well, I hope. We have just arrived in Pretoria from Rustenberg, and are off again in the morning to Penna's River to join Paget's Column. We have had a very tough time of it this last month, and have had the misfortune to lose fifteen of our men and one of our best officers -
Lieut. HIGSON. We had two and a half days' fighting last week, but the majority of our work is done amongst the "snipers" which is the most dangerous — more so than a good set to. I saw Will. NEWMAN, HOLMAN, WASSON and several of the Campbelltown boys about a fortnight ago. All were looking well, and very anxious to get home again. ...
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 484
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900
Campbelltown Hd: Campbelltown Herald (NSW) newspaper date(s) 21.11.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | www.iol.net.au/~conway/boer/people.html | | External Link URL2 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528966?zoomLevel=2 | | External Link URL4 | | bwm.org.au/site/Joseph_Vardy.php | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102161653 |
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