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Surname FORREST
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Harold Edmonds
Regimental Number 39
RankPrivate
Unit Name 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: Lieutenant 17.10.1900, Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps (Rhod.).
B5172: Nudgee Qld.
URL2: photo #39.
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.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 463 466 468
Kaplan1: Medal Roll for the QSA with Bar Relief of Mafeking
Wallace1: The Australians at the Boer War page(s) 255
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1353
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 3.3 & 4.8.1900
External Link URL1www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL2nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2518778
External Link URL3nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18553593


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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.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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