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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		DERRETT
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Walter
Regimental Number		492
Rank		Sergeant
Unit Name		5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: Draft. Roe: ?4QIB. B5172: next of kin wife in Brisbane Qld. URL1: repatriated from S. Africa to Aust. in 1907 aged 44. URL2: DERRITT. Source:# 1047 born in 1862 in Oamaru NZ but twice sent to Aust. as family 'black sheep', also served in WW1 (lied about his age), suicided by drowning in 1928 at Rappville NSW. URL3: WW1 AIF 1539 Pte. 12th Reinforcements for 6LH. URL4: WW1 AIF 1539 12th Reinforcements for 12LH, a veterinary dresser aged 44 in 1915 born in Oamaru NZ next of kin sister in Mt. Eden NZ, 2 years Boer War service, returned to Aust. from Egypt 17.8.1916 and discharged medically unfit 26.10.1916, records to Repatriation Dept. Sydney in 1928. URL5: ?Pte. 492 Wm. DERRITT discharged for employment 26.3.1902 when 5QIB returned to Aust.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 504 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 A6586: National Archives of Australia series A6586 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1047 Casino Courier: Casino and Kyogle Courier newspaper date(s) 14.4.1928 Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 16.5.1902
External Link URL1		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=420567&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL2		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL3		aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=77895
External Link URL4		recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3502081
External Link URL5		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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