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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 CRICHTON
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Archibald Frederick
Regimental Number
RankLieutenant
Unit Name 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: Queen's South Africa medal and 4 clasps (Drief. Jbg. & DH), 'D'Coy 3ACH.
B5207: 3ACH(Qld).
B5172: Albion Qld.
URL1: aboard 'Tongariro' from Cape Town for Aust. 31.3.1901.
URL2: age 23 with 1 year & 1 days war service returned to Brisbane per 'Tongariro' arrived 3.5.1901 discharged 17.5.1901.
URL4: photo.
URL5: ?discharged from hospital and resumed duty c3.1900.
URL6: Major WH TUNBRIDGE, Captain WG THOMPSON, Captain JE DODS, Lieutenant R DOWSE, Lieutenant J WALKER, Lieutenant H HARRIS, Lieutenant P GLASGOW, Lieutenant CG ADIE, Lieutenant RM STODART, Lieutenant AF CRICHTON reimbursed by Qld. on behalf of Imperial authorities for loss of chargers. All officers of the fourth, fifth, and sixth contingents have been refused, the War Office replying that the £50 allowance already paid covered the cost of horses, etc.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 459 527
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 20.1.1900 & 30.3.1901 BneT;" 7.11.1903
External Link URL1www.angloboerwar.com/Other/shipping/190104.htm
External Link URL2naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=679892&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL3www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2518479
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21255107
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174837873


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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