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Murray: 'F'Coy. died of wounds at Lichtenburg 4.10.1900.
Price1: ALBERLINE wounded Riet Kuil 28.9.1900, War Memorials Ballarat Hay & Canberra.
B5204: labourer born 1880 ?Num... Vic. Queen's South Africa medal and 2 clasps (Tvl & Rhod.) killed in action.
Source:# 1018 war memorial Hay NSW ABERLINE Alick M died of wounds 28.9.1900, biographic notes say born 1880 at Terang Vic. but family moved to Hay NSW circa 1883, Alick was a 20 year old labourer or station hand amongst 19 Hay men who volunteered to serve in S. Africa with Major Carrington in the NSWIB, shot after Boers had raised white flag, died of wounds and buried at Lichtenburg Hospital, grave photo. Mother received letter from the nurse who cared for him.
URL3: Lichtenburg War Graves, Tpr. ABELINE AM 6th Imperial Bushmen died 30.9.1900.
URL5: Tpr. A ABERLINE NSW dangerously wounded at Lichtenburg c10.1900.
URL6: A cable from South Africa announces the following casualties among the NSW members of the Imperial Bushmen at Lichtenburg on 28.9.1900 - W Wynnard WALL, slightly wounded; EBERLINE, MCKELLAR and RICHARDSON, dangerously wounded; EC HAYNES, severely wounded.
Source:# 1475 The Nurse that looked after my late husband’s Great Uncle, Alexander ABERLINE, was Edith MATTHEWS who was extremely kind caring for Alex and wrote to Alex’s Mother after Alex died on 4.10.1900 and tended his grave for many years putting fresh flowers on the grave. We never did find out if Alex’s dog was ever brought back to Australia – one of the men (the only one left) had the dog and was going to try to bring the dog back.
URL8: The inscription is on two faces [of the Hay memorial unveiled 6.8.1903], and is as follows 'Erected by means of shilling subscriptions to perpetuate the memory of the Hay District Volunteers who lost their lives in the South African war, 1899-1902 - Alick M ABERLINE, died of wounds, 28th September 1900; Peter J CLANCY, killed in action, 25th October 1900; Thomas C ROBERTSON, killed in action 21st November 1900; William REGAN, killed in action 21st May 1901; John MAIR (Lieut.), killed in action, 6th June 1901'. ... Private Alick M ABERLINE died of wounds received at Lichtenberg on the 28th September, 1900. He enlisted in Hay in March, 1900, and was twenty years of ago. ABERLINE was the second youngest son of the late Mrs. ABERLINE. Private Jas. COLLINS, in a letter dated October 7th, 1900, said - ' On the 28th of last month, eleven of our men were out scouting near Lichtenberg, when they saw about two hundred Boers at a farm houso. When they got to within a few yards of it, the Boer leader (LEMMER) came out with a white flag behind his back, thinking he was captured, but when he saw there were only a few of our men there he changed his mind, and ordered his men to fire. Well, instead of our men surrendering, they tried to gallop away, and nine of them were shot. Five, I think, will die. They were not expected to live when we left them at Lichtonberg hospital. Alick ABERLINE was one of them, and the doctor said he was certain to die. He was shot through the back with an explosive bullet.
URL9: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
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