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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 | | CLANCY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Peter James |
| Regimental Number | | 279 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: killed in action at Zandfontein on 25.9.1900.
B5172: next of kin in Hay NSW.
URL3: photo #279.
Source:# 1018 war memorial Hay NSW, CLANCY Peter J killed in action 25.10.1900, biographic notes.
URL5: letter from Capt. BERRY re action at Zandfontein when Lieut. HIGSON was severely wounded in head and Pte. CLANCY died 20 minutes after being shot in left breast.
URL6: 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 Peter James CLANCY was killed at Zandfontein on the 25th October, 1900. He was the eldest son of Mr. James CLANCY, of the Nine Mile Box, and was twenty-seven years of age. He joined the Queensland contingent of the Imperial Bushmen, having left Hay two years previously for Queensland. The Rev. C DAY wrote to a Brisbane journal as follows - 'Poor CLANCY only lived a few minutes after being shot through the lower part of the heart. He expressed a wish that he should be buried with his signet ring on. I had a grave dug close by where he fell, and one or two of us laid him to rest just as he was. I read the service over him, which was accompanied by the ping-pong of the rifles all around, and the booming of the big guns.'
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 485 541
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900 & 2.3.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1018
RiverineGz.: Riverine Grazier (Hay NSW) newspaper date(s) 8.5.1903
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | 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/2528967?zoomLevel=2 | | External Link URL4 | | users.tpg.com.au/hayhist/BW_RGReports.html | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21254090 | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140144139 |
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