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Australians
in the Boer War
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Full Record
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 | | ELSTON |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William Ernest |
| Regimental Number | | 27 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Sergeant 17.2.1900.
Kaplan1: commissioned in S. Africa.
B5172: Granada Stn. Cloncurry Qld.
URL2: photo #27.
Source:# 1578 ELSTON, William Ernest enlisted for WW1 duties on 13.10.1915, a 45 year-old farmer, married and in Western Australia; served as Lieutenant, later Captain and taken Prisoner Of War at Gallipoli, repatriated to Australia December, 1918. Posted Missing. Born 10.5.1869, died in Perth, 1955, 87 years of age, parents shown as William L and Eleanor.
URL3: ADFA AIF Database Record.
URL4: Lieutenant WE ELSTON, one of the West Australians reported missing, is the eldest son of the late Mr WLA ELSTON, a former manager of the National Bank of Australasia, Ballarat, Victoria, and of Mrs. ELSTON, Mair street, Ballarat. Lieutenant ELSTON was born at Camperdown, Victoria, and enlisted with the Queensland Bushmen during the Boer war, and entered Mafeking shortly after the siege was raised.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 467
Kaplan1: Medal Roll for the QSA with Bar Relief of Mafeking 83
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 3.3.1900
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1578
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 29.5.1915
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2518778 | | External Link URL3 | | www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=91404 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1520633 |
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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.
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