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Australians
in the Boer War
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| Surname | | GLENNIE |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Agnes Maude |
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| Rank | | Nursing Sister |
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URL1: returned to Adelaide SA per 'Aurania'.
Source:# 1121 letter from Nursing Sister [Agnes Maude] GLENNIE of SA at Bloemfontein Hospital says she missed seeing her brother when he went through on his way to Kroonstad.
URL3: to Adelaide per 'Aurania' 5.1902.
URL4: lengthy interview with Nurse GLENNIE 8.1902.
URL5: A large crowd of people assembled on the Military Parade Ground, North Terrace. on Saturday afternoon [12.7.1902], when Lady Tennyson handed a number of badges to artillerymen, and also presented gold medals to Nursing Sisters MS BIDMEAD and AM GLENNIE. who recently returned from South Africa. The weather was perfect, and a pretty sight was presented as Lord and Lady Tennyson, accompanied by Lord Richard NEVILL, drove on to the ground at about 4 o'clock. Colonel G FERGUSON had formed the Artillery Brigade into a hollow square, and the blue uniforms and piped helmets and accoutrements of the troops contrasted with pleasing effect, while, in the centre of the formation the two nurses and various officers, more or less decorated with gold lace, completed the picture. As the viceregal carriage was brought to a standstill, Colonel FERGUSON ordered a general salute, after which Lady Tennyson stepped up to the nurses, who were wearing the cloaks which were presented to them when they left South Australia for active service over two years ago, and decorated them with the handsome tokens which the SA Nurses' Fund Committee had awarded to them "for devoted service." The medal are an adaptation of the regulation military cross, with the Union Jack and the South Australian flag forming a bold relief to the design. It is interesting to know that the fund which was raised for the equipment and dispatch of the nurses was not drawn upon to defray the cost of the medals, the hon. treasurer (Lady Brown) having assured Lady Tennyson that the bank interest and other incidental items covered the cost. Both of the nurses wore their active service medals, and Nurse BIDMEAD was, in addition, decorated with the Red Cross, which the King presented to her in person a few months ago. Several members of the nurses' fund committee were present, including Lady Brown (hon. treasurer), and Miss Esther BOAS (hon. secretary).
URL7: Nurse GLENNIE has returned from South Africa. Miss GLENNIE, one of the six nurses who went to the war from South Australia, reached Adelaide on Sunday [1.6.1902].
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Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 18.9.1900 p5, 17 & 23.5 & 14.7.1902
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1121
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 23.5.1902 SCros: 8.8.1902
Exp&Tel.: Express and Telegraph (Adelaide) newspaper date(s) 2.6 & 14.7.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4909938?searchTerm=bushveldt | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4904814 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14464752 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166998393 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4860326 | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208735936 | | External Link URL7 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208732589 |
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