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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		GORST
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Alfred John
Regimental Number		9
Rank		Private
Unit Name		3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: Sergeant 17.2.1900. Burridge1: Queen's South Africa medal and 6 clasps Elands R. WW1 Duo Captain AIF. URL1: WW1 AIF Captain GORST John Alfred. B5172: Chester Eng. URL2: WW1 AIF Capt. Mech. Transport aged 38 in 1914 a fire insurance inspector born in 1875 educated in Chester Eng., 1 year 71 days QMI and 44 days Cape Colony Cyclists Corps in South Africa, volunteered again while living at Graceville Qld. in 1939. URL3: Gorst Alfred John 39874 Pte. CCCC enlisted 27.12.1901 discharged 8.2.1902 medically unfit. URL6: photo #9.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 467 Kaplan1: Medal Roll for the QSA with Bar Relief of Mafeking 83 Burridge1: John Burridge Military Antiques catalogues date(s) 8/93 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 3.3.1900
External Link URL1		www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.asp?Folder=20&Page=59&Surname=gorst
External Link URL2		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=4787639&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL3		www.britishmedals.us/files/127cccc.htm
External Link URL4		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL5		www.lighthorse.org.au/famous-battles/famous-battles-boer-war/the-siege-of-elands-river-post?searchterm=elands
External Link URL6		nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2518778

Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


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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