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Australians
in the Boer War
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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 | | CLERK |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Edward George |
| Regimental Number | | |
| Rank | | Lieutenant |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps.
Fogg: horse shot under him, captured at Onverwacht 4.1.1902.
B5172: next of kin in Longreach Qld.
URL1: remained in Africa for 33 years.
URL3: left behind in hospital at Pietermaritzburg when 5QIB returned to Aust.
URL4: Great surprise was felt when it became known that Mr. EG CLERK, of Cleeve, had died in the Longreach Hospital on Thursday last [6.3.1902]. Some years ago Mr. CLERK was thrown from a horse and the spinal cord was severely injured. This came against him the other day when he was attacked with acute sciatica. Mr. CLERK, who was born in New England, had seen life in all its phases. Great sympathy is felt for Mrs.
CLERK and the family, one of whom is now fighting over in South Africa. He was engaged in the big fight on the 4th of January last [Onverwacht] in which Sergeant James POWER, a Longreach man and the noted machine shearer, laid down his life for King and country.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 491 492
Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) various
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 16.2.1902
Capric.: Capricornian newspaper Rockhampton Qld. date(s) 8.3.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | ll02.nla.gov.au/resource/57b4bc65-075f-4767-9d0a-045d8e597052 | | External Link URL2 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19184287 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68272676 |
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