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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		WADDELL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		John
Regimental Number		327
Rank		Trooper
Unit Name		New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen
State		NSW
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: 'C'Sqn., Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 4.9.1901 killed Elands River 17.8.1900. Source:# 198 War Memorial Forbes NSW. B5204: born 1872 Shoalhaven NSW horsebreaker. NMCSA : biography. Source:# 263 WARDELL John War Memorial Condobolin NSW. Wallace2: horseholder killed by Pom Poms. URL2: photo. Source:# 932 Forbes Services Memorial Club Ltd. NSW - South Africa 1899-1902 memorial WADDELL J. URL3: 'C'Sqn. photo #38. URL4: Forbes NSW.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 82 204 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 198 B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204 NMCSA : National Memorials Council of South Africa Wallace2: The Circumstances Surrounding the Seige of Elands River Post page(s) 61 Kopje: ABWSGoA journal The Kopje date(s) 9.2001 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 932 Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 17 & 24.2.1900
External Link URL1		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2		www.lighthorse.org.au/famous-battles/famous-battles-boer-war/the-siege-of-elands-river-post
External Link URL3		nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5324820
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71376441

Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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