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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 WOOKEY
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Archibald
Regimental Number 2659
RankPrivate
Unit Name 5th New Zealand Contingent
State
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
AJHR(NZ): butcher, Tinwald North Canterbury NZ killed in action Doornbult 27.3.1901 reputed buried at a farm near Doornbult by Boers, next of kin Eliza LOGAN, Latrobe Tas.
Source:# 251 WOOKEY AL 5NZ Contingent Tas. killed in action 27.3.1901.
Source:# 577 Tinwald Mid-Canterbury NZ.
URL4: aged 23 eldest son of late William WOOKEY, butcher of Argyle St. [Hobart Tas.].
Source References
AJHR(NZ): Appendix to the Journal of the House of Representatives (NZ) reference(s) H6 '00 33 H6A '03 9
Stowers: Kiwi versus Boer page(s) 250
Hall: The New Zealanders in South Africa, 1899-1902 page(s) 91
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 251
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 18.5.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 577
Hbt. Mercury: Hobart Mercury newspaper date(s) 11 & 25.5.1901
External Link URL1www.nzhistory.org.nz/saw/dbcgi.exe?entity=browsetable&database=soldier&table=soldier&filterfield=id&filtervalue=1582
External Link URL2www.nzmrangloboerwar.org.nz/wokkeyarchibald.htm
External Link URL3www.roll-of-honour.com/Databases/BoerDetailed/index.html
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12840575
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12839427
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14385589


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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