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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)

URL1: Archie WOOKEY, who joined the 5th New Zealand Contingent, and had been shot dead in South Africa, was formerly a member of the Ark of Safety Juvenile Tent [Tas. Independent Order of Rechabites].
URL2: NZ Embarkation Roll - 2659 WOOKEY A Private 14 Company (Canterbury section) Fifth Contingent, butcher, ship Maori 31.3.1900, Ashburton Tinwald North Canterbury, next of kin Ms Eliza LOGAN in Tasmania Aust.
Source References
Hbt. Mercury: Hobart Mercury newspaper date(s) 20.5.1901
External Link URL1nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12840143
External Link URL2www.nzhistory.net.nz/soldier/wookey


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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