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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 | | VE'ALL |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | George Fairfax |
| Regimental Number | | 565 |
| Rank | | Sergeant |
| Unit Name | | 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse (Vic) |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
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B5207: farmer aged 32 from Koonda via Violet Town Vic., next of kin from Warrenheip, 10 months 1Vic. Contingent.
URL1: VEALL.
Source:# 800 VEALL 'George' on the Boer War Honour Roll in Violet Town Vic., presented by the local community with a watch when he went away to fight in the Boer War, born 1868 in Sth. Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and died in 1946.
URL2: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
URL3: Private G VE'ALL, of Violet Town, of the First Victorian Contingent, has decided to return to South Africa with the Sixth Contingent now forming. Private VE'ALL tried unsuccessfully to get into the police or railway service in Melbourne, and has made up his mind after the war to settle in South Africa.
URL4: Returning to the War. Private Geo. VE'ALL, of Caniambo, who was one the First Victorian Contingent who went to South Africa, has decided to go back with the Australian Contingent now being enlisted. Private MASON, of Wangaratta, who served with one of the regiments raised at the Cape, has also decided to again offer himself.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 313
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 800
NE Ensign: North Eastern Ensign (Benalla) newspaper date(s) 10.1.1902
Ben. Std.: Benalla Standard newspaper date(s) 7.1.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/retmcp/web/soldiers.html | | External Link URL2 | | bwm.org.au/site/George_Veall.php | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70779445 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155256178 |
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