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Australians
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Full Record
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 | | BRENT |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Herbert |
| Regimental Number | | 384 |
| Rank | | Sergeant |
| Unit Name | | 3rd Victorian Bushmen |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: killed in railway accident at Mandigras on 14.5.1900.
Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Canberra.
Reay: killed in rail accident near Umtali 1.5.1900.
Blair: Tanjil South Vic.
Melb. Leader: publican photo.
B5177: publican aged 34.
B5179: born 1866 a publican from Carisbrook Vic.
URL3: Umtali was the scene of the second fatal railway accident. On Monday last [prior to 26.5.1900] Sergeant BRENT, a popular non-commissioned officer of the Victorian Contingent, being killed outright. There were two trains running to Umtali, one a short distance from the other. The first got stuck in a deep cutting, and the second came down from behind. Sergeant BRENT had been assisting the engine-driver all the day, and was on the engine of the first train when the collision occurred. He jumped, but the sheer walls of the railway cutting threw him back under the engine, so that he was killed instantly. His remains were conveyed to Umtali where he was buried with military honors. Only a few days previously his commanding officer, Captain DOBBIN had received received a letter from the Portuguese officials at Beira, commending the sergeant's coolness at a time of a midnight riot at Beira.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 245 336
Wallace1: The Australians at the Boer War page(s) 238
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 29
Reay: Australians at War - with the Australian Regiment page(s) 375
Blair: Shoulder to Shoulder - Military History of Baw Baw Shire page(s) 7
Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 10.3.1900
B5177: National Archives of Australia series B5177
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 59-61, 80, 441, 514
Z&DHerald: Zeehan and Dundas Herald newspaper date(s) 26.5.1900
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 28.7.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83738451 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36964936 |
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