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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		WAITE
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		William Charles Nightingale
Regimental Number		11
Rank		Corporal
Unit Name		1st South Australian Mounted Rifles
State		SA
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: Lieutenant 6th Contingent. Horner: SA Garrison Arty. Lieutenant Colonel. Source:# 139 WW1 Distinguished Service Order MC, ADC to SA Governor 1944. Newbury1: 6SAMR Mentioned in Despatches, WW1 AIF Arty., Volunteer Decoration 1923. URL2: WW1 AIF Lt. Col. Div. Arty. DSO MC. URL3: auctioneer aged 34 from Kensington SA. URL6: Cpl., born Adelaide 1879 single, 3 years 'C'Bty. Garrison Arty. URL7: QSA & 5 clasps.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 343 345 367 374 Horner: The Gunners, A History of Australian Artillery page(s) 49 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 139 Newbury1: South Australians and the South African War page(s) 39 Register: The Register newspaper South Australia 31.10.1899 Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 14.12.1901
External Link URL1		www.lighthorse.org.au/Pershist/waite.htm
External Link URL2		www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.asp?Folder=54&Page=56&Surname=waite
External Link URL3		www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/13_31_1/pdf/0476.pdf
External Link URL4		www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120390b.htm?hilite=Boer%3BWar
External Link URL5		aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=310130
External Link URL6		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54853339
External Link URL7		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4871650

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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