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Australians
in the Boer War
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Full Record
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) | | William David |
| Regimental Number | | 332 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse (NSW) |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: 'C'Sqn.
Source:# 103 War Memorial Goulburn NSW.
B5207: drover aged 21 from Goulburn NSW.
URL2: drover aged 20 from Goulburn NSW, born in Wodonga Vic., next of kin father in Goulburn.
URL3: photo #50 C Coy.
URL4: at the opening of the Hay NSW Boer War Memorial 6.5.1903 the returned soldiers, under the command of Quarter-Master Sergeant CRAIG (Australian Commonwealth Horse) ... the following took part, ex-Troopers Jas. HAYES, Lionel BELL, J MCKINNON (not found), and M WALL (Third New South Wales Mounted Rifles), Frank BIGNELL, C SCHADE, W HARRIS (Australian Commonwealth Horse), F JACKA and A JOSEPHS (Carrington's Scouts) and Geo. KNIGHT (Scottish Horse, South Africa). Bandmaster ROSSITER (South African Diamond Field Horse) also wore his uniform.
Source:# Tpr. W HARRIS ACH at the 1903 Hay memorial opening is most likely William David of 1ACH.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 173
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 103
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 15.2.1902
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1353
RiverineGz.: Riverine Grazier (Hay NSW) newspaper date(s) 8.5.1903
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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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