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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 DE PASSEY
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) William
Regimental Number 1
RankRegtl. Sergeant Major
Unit Name 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles
StateSA
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
Murray: Zululand 1879, Warrant Officer to Lieutenant 13.3.1901, CO SA Sqn. 2ACH, Queen's South Africa medal and 7 clasps.
Wilcox: conduct.
B5207: 2ACH(SA).
URL1: photo.
URL2: Lieut., aboard 'Tongariro' from Cape Town for Aust. 31.3.1901.
Newbury1: Zulu War 17th Lancers, 1897 Jubilee, 2ACH, AIF Major.
URL4: report of interview with Lieut. DE PASSEY 2nd SA Contingent.
URL5: Staff Sergt-Major W DE PASSEY of Adelaide, amongst the additional volunteers for 1st SA Contingent.
URL6: QSA & 5 clasps.
URL8: Sgt. Major going as Warrant Officer with 2SAMR, a Worcestershire man with service in S. Africa and India.
URL9: interview.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 347 349
Wilcox: National Archives Search Guide - The Boer War page(s) 16
Bail: Diaries of Cpl. Herbert Bail, 2SAMR page(s)
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Newbury1: South Australians and the South African War page(s) 10
Register: The Register newspaper South Australia 21.12.1899, 27.1.1900 & 6.5.1901
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 6.5 & 14.12.1901
Barrier Miner: Barrrier Miner newspaper date(s) 16.3.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1352
Carv.Veldt1: Carvings from the Veldt Part 1 by Dave George page(s) 80
External Link URL1www.slsa.sa.gov.au/saatwar/collection/B58226.htm
External Link URL2www.angloboerwar.com/Other/shipping/190104.htm
External Link URL3naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=680341&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56082018
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54850711
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4871650
External Link URL7nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29524692
External Link URL8nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4107386
External Link URL9nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4836848
External Link URL10nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44321040


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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