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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		DONKIN
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		John Edward
Regimental Number		76
Rank		Private
Unit Name		2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Source:# 100 ?Wingham & Upper Manning District NSW. B5172: Talgai West Hendon Qld. URL2: photo #76. URL3: J DONKIN Qld. missing 9.1900. Source:# 1208 two DONKINs from Taree/Wingham District NSW fought in Boer War - John Edward and possibly Thomas (Tom), family migrated to Aust. in 1850s and 7 DONKINs served in Boer War, WW1 & WW2. URL4: Field Intelligence Dept. nominal roll shows Guide JE DONKIN 2nd Qld. Contingent, Ere Mtd. Police, OAC & S. African Constabulary. URL5: CCoy. QMI seconded to Transvaal Mounted & Foot Police 19.6.1900. URL6: Sydney KIBBLE writes from the Maori King on his way to South Africa with the second Queensland contingent. DONKIN was with him.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 461 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 100 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 20.1.1900 Bathurst FPMJ: Bathurst Free Press & Mining Journal date(s) 12.9.1900 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1208 PRO(UK) : National Archives of the United Kingdom - series WO108/356 Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 21.8.1900 Hawksbury Adv.: Hawksbury Advocate newspaper date(s) 9.3.1900
External Link URL1		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL2		newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2518479
External Link URL3		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63869984
External Link URL4		www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/332-field-intelligence-department?start=1
External Link URL5		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19036091
External Link URL6		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66368719

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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