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| Surname | | BRYCE |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William Henry |
| Regimental Number | | 95 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 'B'Coy., Corporal died of wounds at Spitzkopulei 24.8.1901 while serving as Sgt. Major in Prince of Wales' Light Horse.
Source:# 22 War Memorial Brisbane.
B5172: Wooloowin Qld.
URL1: BRYCE William Henry Sergeant Major 30319 PoWLH.
URL2: 30319 Sgt. Majr. attested PoWLH 7.2.1901 died of wounds 24.8.1901.
URL7: A WAR EPISODE AND A SEQUEL. When Mr. WH BRYCE afterwards Sergeant Major BRYCE, son of Mr. and Mrs T BRYCE, volunteered for the South African War in 1899, his friends at Wooloowin presented him with a silver mounted flask and drinking cup. Sergeant Major BRYCE after considerable service during the campaign was killed in action, and some of his effects were returned to his parents. The flask was, however not included and nothing was heard of it here until a couple of months ago when a letter was received by the editor of the Courier from Mr Geo D HANRATTY of Pine Hill, Dunedin New Zealand, formerlv of the Gordon Islanders (sic), intimating that the memento was in his possession, and that he would be glad to return it to the friends of the late Sergeant Major BRYCE. The letter was published and Mr J BRYCE replied to it and has now received the flask from Mr. HANRATTY. It bears the following inscription - Presented to WH BRYCE on leaving for Transvaal by friends at Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland 26th October 1899. In his accompanying letter Mr HANRATTY says - "Allow me to express my heartfelt sympathy with you for the untimely death of your brother. I may tell you that I have carried the flask thousands of miles, and am very glad to at last forward to you the keepsake. I carried it for twelve months all over the three colonies in South Africa. I then formed one at Lord Kitchener's bodyguard, then home to the old country, and from there to New Zealand". It is scarcely necessary to say that the family of the late Sergeant-major BRYCE are very much pleaded to have the memento back again. It will be carefully preserved by them and it may well be supposed that whenever it is regarded with a loving thought for the one who gave his life for the Empire, the man who so manfully and honourably restored it will not be forgotten.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 454 541
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 22
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 139
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 292
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 18.11.1899, 7.1.1902 & 27.5.1905
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Rockh. Bull.: Rockhampton Morning Bulletin date(s) 2.9.1901
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