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Surname CAMPBELL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Andrew
Regimental Number 109
RankPrivate
Unit Name 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

B5172: next of kin in Girvan.
URL1: 18.10.1902 letter from Pietermaritzburg Natal asking for King's South Africa Medal, ex-5QIB discharged in Cape Town 'as I intend to remain in S. Africa .. served in all 3 colonies with QIB and was present at Onverwacht and captured there with Major TOLL and others', King's South Africa Medal (SA01 & SA02), 1956 enquiry from Veterans Affairs Dept. Canada re Boer War and WW1 service (not found), enlisted 21.2.1901 in Brisbane as a farm labourer aged 22 from Girvan Qld., next of kin father in Girvan.
URL3: discharged for employment 26.3.1902 when 5QIB returned to Aust.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 495
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 16.5.1902
External Link URL1naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=679012&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL2www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL3nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19184287


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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