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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 | | CHRISTIE |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Albert William |
| Regimental Number | | 201 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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B5207: 7ACH.
B5172: c/- Limestone Ck. Ipswich Qld.
URL1: 7ACH(Qld.).
URL3: photo #201.
URL4: Two months ago [c10.1900], when Private PLOWDEN saw him there, he [Major DEACON] was in camp outside Pretoria, having returned to that town for remounts. The men say that Major DEACON has quite distinguished himself as an energetic officer, and that he is very popular. Other Ipswichians were seen by various members of the contingent. Private Frank O'SULLIVAN, when last heard of, was doing police duty in the Pretoria district; Private CHRISTIE, when last seen, was "all right"; while Private HANLEY, of West Moreton, had been invalided to the Maitland camp, near Capetown. Private PLOWDER was with Lieutenant PHILP (a son of Hon. B PHILP, Premier of the colony), when a British supply train was thrown off the railway line at the Kilp River, and burnt by the enemy.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 483
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900
QldTIps.: Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser newspaper date(s) 13.12.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=679267&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528966?zoomLevel=2 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123263315 |
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