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Surname BREE
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Reginald Stephen Robert Staypleton
Regimental Number
RankLieutenant
Unit Name 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles
StateVic
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
Murray: died of enteric at Bloemfontein on 26.5.1900.
Hardg&Mac: photo.
Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Hamilton & Canberra.
NMCSA : biography.
HAGSOC: Memorial Bloemfontein.
B5179: clerk from Hamilton Vic.
URL5: Died of enteric at Bloemfontein 26.5.1900, born 1880 at Bewsall Hamilton Vic., buried at Bloemfontein, memorial at Hamilton College Vic.
URL6: Lieutenant MACDONALD arrived in Casterton last night [24.5.1901] on a fortnight's leave of absence from headquarters. On his return to Melbourne he has promised to stay at Hamilton for the unveiling of the memorial to Lieutenant BREE which is being erected in Christ Church.
URL7: Another death has been reported among the Victorian troops in South Africa. The following cablegram was to-day [29.5.1900] received by the Lieutenant Governor from Her Majesty's High Commissioner in South Africa - "Regret to report that Lieutenant Reginald BREE, Victorian Mounted Rifles, died of enteric fever Bloemfontein, 6th May. The deceased officer comes from Hamilton. He was a clerk, unmarried, and served as a lieutenant on probation in the Mounted Rifles before joining the Second Victorian Contingent.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 231 233 234 336
Hardg&Mac: War in S. Africa and the Dark Continent from Savagery to Civilisation page(s) 563
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 25
NMCSA : National Memorials Council of South Africa
Reay: Australians at War - with the Australian Regiment page(s) 375
HAGSOC: HAGSOC's South African Graves website
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 25.5.1901
Mt. AlexanderM: Mount Alexander Mail newspaper date(s) 29.5.1900
External Link URL1www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/people.php
External Link URL3www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/za00200.php
External Link URL4www.angloboerwar.com/Casualties/images/Bloemfontein memorial - panel 8 of 8 - 23 Sep 04.jpg
External Link URL5glosters.tripod.com/OfficersB.htm
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10552159
External Link URL7nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200213151


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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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