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Surname CAMERON
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Ewen
Regimental Number 723
RankPrivate
Unit Name 3rd Victorian Bushmen
StateVic
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: Cameron's Scouts.
Source:# 268 Vic.
Melb. Leader: grazier c/- Railway Hotel King St. Melbourne, photo.
B5177: grazier aged 28.
B5179: Cameron's Scouts, born 1871 a grazier next of kin in Balranald NSW.
URL1: Five soldiers for Melbourne yesterday [9.9.1901] per 'Aberdeen' - Quarter-master-Sergeant MCCUSHLAND, Sergeant CANTY, Troopers CAMERON, CLARKE and GRIFFITHS.
URL2: On Friday evening last [23.8.1901] was held one of the most pleasant and most enjoyable socials that ever took place in the [Balranald] Variety Hall to welcome home our local soldiers from the front in South Africa, viz., Corporal's Ewen CAMERON, JB BURKETT, Jas. JENNINGS and Troopers John KELLY and J BUTLER. Trooper Dan MURPHY, who had already received a public welcome and was lately presented with a gold medal, was also present upon invitation.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 251
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 268
Melb. Age: Age newspaper, Melbourne date(s) 10.6.1901
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) 503, 525
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 10.6.1901
RiverinaRdr.: Riverina Recorder (Balranald Moulamein NSW) newspaper date(s) 28.8.1901
External Link URL1nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10554930
External Link URL2nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137536032


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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