Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown) | | Murray: Sergeant. Wallace1: Sergeant. B5172: c/- Nundah Qld. URL2: photo #7. URL3: members of the Queensland contingents now serving in South Africa who have been recommended by his Excellency the Governor for commissions in the Imperial Army — First Contingent, Private H MISSING; Second Contingent, Privates GH HIVES, CB RICE, SH RAMSDEN, NH DRURY; Third Contingent, Lieutenants RH WALSH and HG FEILDEN, Privates L DONKIN, HE FORREST, BF MOLLE, CS ABERCROMBIE, R ARTHUR, JF WALLACE, R SLEIGHT; Fourth Contingent, Lieutenant AD CRICHTON, Privates N De LANCY FORTH, L BARTON and WGF KING. URL4: 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.
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