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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 GOWING
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Bernard
Regimental Number 2610
RankGunner
Unit Name A Bty. Royal Australian Artillery
StateNSW
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
Murray: dangerously wounded 4.12.1900 died shortly after, killed in action 29.11.1900 shoeing smith.
Cubis: Bombardier Shoeing Smith, died of wounds.
Source:# 560 blacksmith active in the fire brigade, he left Albury NSW circa 1897 to join NSW Permanent Artillery, memorial Service held at St Patrick's Albury on 23.12.1900, War Memorial Albury NSW.
URL4: died of wounds received at Schweizer Reneke.
URL5: sister received letter from CO with particulars of death and burial while his intimate friend, T CROTTY, received photo of grave surmounted by a neat headstone bearing a suitable inscription.
URL6: Gunner B GOWING listed on central memorial in Vryburg Garden of Rest.
URL7: description of last action and photos of burial.
URL8: memorial tablet to 'A' Bty. RAA deaths in S. Africa - Gunner Walter EDWARDS 1.5.1900, Gunner Bernard GOWING 29.11.1900 and A/Bdr. John T MACKENZIE 14.5.1901.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 52 54 203
Cubis: History of 'A' Battery NSW Artillery page(s) 81 87 91
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 560
Border Post: Albury Border Post newspaper date(s) 7.12.1900
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 15.12.1900
Wodonga&TS: Wodonga & Towong Sentinel newspaper date(s) 15.2.1901
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 4.5 & 7.12.1901
External Link URL1www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2www.justdone.co.za/ROH/View_Person.asp?PersonNumber=15251
External Link URL3samilitaryhistory.org/research.html
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21251517
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69568182
External Link URL6www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb_display.php?nmcvoc_id=199
External Link URL7nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71466827
External Link URL8nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71475383


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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