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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		ECHLIN
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Richard Boyd
Regimental Number
Rank		Captain
Unit Name		3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: OC 'B'Sqn., Report, 3ACH OC 'D'Coy. Wallace1: at Koster R. Wallace2: Eland's R. B5207: 3ACH(Qld). B5172: Toowong Qld. URL1: departed Cape Town aboard 'Morayshire' 9.5.1901 for Aust. URL3: born in 1850 at Downpatrick Co. Down Ire. URL4: recently returned from Africa, on 'Britannic' back to Africa 8.1901 as OC Qld. troops. URL5: presentations to Capt. ECHLIN by NCOs of 3QMI & Tpr. WILLS 6.1901. URL6: biographic notes.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 465 466 Wallace1: The Australians at the Boer War page(s) 254 Wallace2: The Circumstances Surrounding the Seige of Elands River Post page(s) 28 B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 21.8.1901 Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 28.6.1901 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 1.3.1902
External Link URL1		www.angloboerwar.com/Other/shipping/190105.htm
External Link URL2		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL3		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18540263
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14404780
External Link URL5		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19100573
External Link URL6		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21621157

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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