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Australians
in the Boer War
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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 | | FERGUSON |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William Isaac |
| Regimental Number | | |
| Rank | | Captain |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 4QIB.
Fogg: 'I'Coy.
URL2: remained in S. Africa for further service when 5QIB returned to Aust.
URL3: BANK BAILED UP. The manager of the Harrison Street branch of the National Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg, which was bailed up on Thursday [21.3.1907], at latest advice, was Captain WJ FERGUSON, son of Lieutenant Colonel FERGUSON and brother-in-law of Mr. CM JENKINSON MLA. Captain FERGUSON left Queensland with the fourth contingent, and at the conclusion of the South African war he was offered a position for the National Bank of South Africa, first as accountant, and subsequently as manager, and after holding several positions of responsibility, he was appointed manager of the Harrison Street branch of the bank.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 493
Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) 2 9 14
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 16.5.1902
DDownsGz: Darling Downs Gazette newspaper date(s) 23.3.1907
W. Star: Western Star newspaper date(s) 23.3.1907
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19184287 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185088474 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97415633 |
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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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