| |
|
Australians
in the Boer War
Oz-Boer Database Project |
|
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 | | CHRISP |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Hugh McDonald |
| Regimental Number | | 705 |
| Rank | | Corporal |
| Unit Name | | 3rd Victorian Bushmen |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Cameron's Scouts, Lieutenant 5VMR 8.5.1901.
Melb. Leader: surveyor from ?433 Victoria Pde. E. Melbourne, photo.
B5177: surveyor aged 30.
B5179: Cameron's Scouts, born 1860 a surveyor from E. Melbourne Vic.
Smith2: Sergeant Cameron's Scouts, King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps.
URL1: A Great Westerner in Africa. News has been received by cable from South Africa of the promotion of
Lieutenant HM CHRISP to the rank of captain. Captain CHRISP, who was formerly
engineer and secretary to the shire of Yea, Victoria, and subsequently chief
engineer of the Great Western Railway, Tasmania, went out to South Africa with
Cameron's Scouts, and has recently been acting as staff-officer to Colonel CCRACKEN, of the Imperial forces.
|
| Source References | |
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 242 251
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
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 10
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 504, 525
TasNews: Tasmanian News (Hobart) newspaper date(s) 29.3.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185280390 |
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.
The
Oz-Boer Database
is copyright and may not be used for any commercial purpose.
|
|
|