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Australians
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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 | | EDGAR |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William Rae |
| Regimental Number | | 707 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 3rd Victorian Bushmen |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Cameron's Scouts, invalided to Australia arrived 5.1.1901.
Source:# 274 Malvern Vic.
Melb. Leader: carpenter from 28 High St. Malvern Vic., photo.
B5177: carpenter aged 33.
B5179: Cameron's Scouts, born 1866 a carpenter from Malvern Vic.
URL1: Copy of Letter Just Received from Trooper WR EDGAR, 707, Cameron Scouts (General Sir F. CARRINGTON's body-guard) - 16.1.1901. Mr. D ALLSON. Dear Sir, I arrived back by HM Troopship Orient on Saturday, 6.1.1901, after an absence of eleven months campaigning in South Africa. I used one of the saddles supplied by you to my company (the Cameron Scouts), and I can honestly say that I never rode on a more comfortable saddle. General Sir Fred. CARRINGTON said that our saddles were the best saddles that he had seen in South Africa. Now, after nearly 12 months' use, and rough at that, the saddle is as good as the day it left your shop. You can make whatever use you like of this note.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 251
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 274
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 10.2.1900 & 24.1.1901
Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 10.3.1900
B5177: National Archives of Australia series B5177
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 504, 525
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10531375 |
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