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Australians
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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 | | HARRIS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Henry John |
| Regimental Number | | |
| Rank | | Lieutenant |
| Unit Name | | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps (Rhod.).
Bail: ?Captain.
Wallace2: Eland's R.
B5172: Rockhampton North, Qld.
URL1: Captain, aboard 'Tongariro' from Cape Town for Aust. 31.3.1901.
URL2: departed Cape Town aboard 'Morayshire' 9.5.1901 for Aust.
URL4: born in 1869 at Bouldercombe Qld.
URL5: Major WH TUNBRIDGE, Captain WG THOMPSON, Captain JE DODS, Lieutenant R DOWSE, Lieutenant J WALKER, Lieutenant H HARRIS, Lieutenant P GLASGOW, Lieutenant CG ADIE, Lieutenant RM STODART, Lieutenant AF CRICHTON reimbursed by Qld. on behalf of Imperial authorities for loss of chargers. All officers of the fourth, fifth, and sixth contingents have been refused, the War Office replying that the £50 allowance already paid covered the cost of horses, etc.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 466
Kaplan1: Medal Roll for the QSA with Bar Relief of Mafeking 83
Bail: Diaries of Cpl. Herbert Bail, 2SAMR page(s)
Wallace2: The Circumstances Surrounding the Seige of Elands River Post page(s) 30 53
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Bne. Tele.: Brisbane Telegraph newspaper date(s) 7.11.1903
| | External Link URL1 | | www.angloboerwar.com/Other/shipping/190104.htm | | External Link URL2 | | www.angloboerwar.com/Other/shipping/190105.htm | | External Link URL3 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18540263 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174837873 |
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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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