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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		COWELL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		William Ralph
Regimental Number
Rank		Lieutenant
Unit Name		5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: Draft, Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps. B5172: North Toolburra Darling Downs Qld., next of kin in Sunderland Durham Eng. URL2: remained in S. Africa for further service when 5QIB returned to Aust.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 491 504 Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) 2 5 13 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 16.5.1902
External Link URL1		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL2		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19184287

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.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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