| |
|
Australians
in the Boer War
Oz-Boer Database Project |
|
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 | | DEACON |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Charles Edwin |
| Regimental Number | | 256 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Corporal 22.2.1900 Sergeant 10.12.1900.
B5172: c/- Allora Qld.
URL2: photo #256 single c/- W DEACON Allora Qld.
URL3: Sgt. DEACON welcomed back to Allora by Mayor c6.1901.
URL4: Major Charlie DEACON, elected Vice President for country interests at the 1942 AGM and 40th Re-union of the South African War Veterans Association, held to commemorate the signing of peace in South Africa 40 years ago. Well-known throughout south-west Qld. as valuer of the Federal Taxation Department, a position he has just resigned.
URL5: The following men [of the Queensland Coronation contingent] returned [c10.1902], under the command of Lieutenant STODART, who went to South Africa with the second Queensland contingent, all of them having been previously on active service in the South African campaign - Sergeant HOCKEY (second contingent), Privates BARNES (third), DESHON (third), DONKIN (third), LAKE (third), LINDLEY (fourth), SHADFORTH (fourth), MISSING (first), LUXTON (fourth), HUTTON (first), SCHEY (second), STRONG (first), CHAMBERLAIN (first), FRENCH (third), and DEACON (third). As already stated in our first edition on Monday, Sergeant WALKER (first contingent) was left behind in order to undergo a course of musketry training.
|
| Source References | |
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 472
Kaplan1: Medal Roll for the QSA with Bar Relief of Mafeking 83
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 3.3.1900 & 6.7.1901
W. Star: Western Star newspaper date(s) 5.6.1942
Bne. Tele.: Brisbane Telegraph newspaper date(s) 7.10.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2518783 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21264042 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98099680 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173546325 |
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.
The
Oz-Boer Database
is copyright and may not be used for any commercial purpose.
|
|
|