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Australians
in the Boer War
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Full Record
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 | | CHIPPER |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Stephen James |
| Regimental Number | | |
| Rank | | Sergeant Major |
| Unit Name | | 3rd West Australia Bushmen |
| State | | WA |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: QM Lieutenant 18.6.1900, Queen's South Africa medal and 2 clasps (Rhod.).
B5165: late Lt. Perth Mtd. Rifles.
URL1: starter WATC aged 36 from WA, 12 years Metropolitan Rifle Vols., 5 years commissioned Perth Mounted Rifles.
URL3: Lieut. WA Bushmen invalided with disease per 'Australasian' arriving in Albany WA 12.11.1900 and proceeding to Perth, interview.
URL4: letter dated 19.9.1900 from Imp. Yeo. Bde. Hospital Pretoria, suffered severe sciatica and neuralgia for some weeks but not seen any real fighting as QM seeing to mens' rations and food for horses.
URL5: West Australian Starter. One of the best known racing characters in West Australia, writes our Perth correspondent, is Steve CHIPPER, who for many years has been starter at the metropolitan meetings, besides officiating at the Northam, York and Pinjarra fixtures. Steve served in the South African war, and still wears his military hat while engaged in the execution of his duties.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 408 410
B5165: National Archives of Australia series B5165
W. Mail: Western Mail newspaper date(s) 24.2, 17.3 & 17.11.1900
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 26.9.1900
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1578
Sportg. Globe: Sporting Globe (Melbourne Vic.) newspaper date(s) 10.10.1923
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33180217 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33182628 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33196046 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23846370 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184813070 |
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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.
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