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Surname		HARRISON
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Robert Glenn
Regimental Number		1570
Rank		Private
Unit Name		5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
State		Vic
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: killed in action at Vryheid on 5.11.1901. Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Canberra Brunswick. 5VMR QSA Roll: Left Wing, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (CC OFS & Tvl), killed in action. Annotations on 5VMR QSA Medal Roll killed in action at Matjes Kop on 5.11.1901. B5179: born 1878 a boundary rider from Mathoura Estate NSW next of kin in Brunswick Vic. Melb. Leader: photo #763. URL2: photo. URL5: Robert Glen HARRISON 5th Vic. Contingent killed in action at Vryheid 5.11.1901 aged 21. URL6: nok sister Mrs. AM HALL 263 Weston Street Brunswick. URL7: Fifth VMR Memorial to Fallen Comrades opposite to St. Kilda Barracks ... The following is the list of names appearing on the tablets, together with the addresses, which we have obtained from official sources - Captain J KELLY, Melbourne. Lieutenant SR COULTER, Ballarat. Lieutenant JG CHRISP, Frankston. Lieutenant AG JOHNSTON, Hawthorn. Lieutenant AE MURPHY, Colac. Medical Officer HA PALMER, Ballarat. Sergeant AGK BUCKINGHAM, Yea. Farrier-Sergeant JF HOULIHAN, Collingwood. Corporal RPN ROBERTSON, Portsea. Corporal H HARRISON, Collingwood. Corporal H NEWLANDS, Prahran. Lance-Corporal AE BURLEY, Ballarat. Lance-Corporal HJ BOXALL, Melbourne. Lance-Corporal GR BUTTON, Anakie. Lance-Corporal HC HADLEY, Fitzroy. Lance-Corporal TS ROSS, Williamstown. Shoeing-Smith A HOUGHTON, Inverleigh. Shoeing-Smith AE SPOWART, Dean's Marsh. Shoeing-Smith RM THORNTON, Kilmore. Shoeing-Smith F RANKIN, Police Barracks, Melbourne. Privates SJ BARNARD, North Brunswick; EH BLANDFORD, Bendigo; L BOND, Longwood; FH CAUGHEY, Bairnsdale; J CHARLTON, Euroa; J COLLINS, Mumbannar; J COSTELLO, Dunolly; AB DAVIDSON, Moe; FG DOW, Balaclava; G GLENN, South Melbourne; LJW GOUDIE, St. Kilda; RG HARRISON, Mathoura NSW; WJ HEALEY, Melbourne; HH HENTY, Lyndhurst; HV HEWINS, Brighton; WW JAMES, Nagambie; HS LAMB, Sale; HJ LAWRENCE, North Carlton; AE MACK, Jolimont; TH MAHONEY, Darraweit Guim; J MCCANN, St. Kilda Road; J MCCORKELL, Queensclilf; MT MCDONALD, Yinnar; J MCNALLY, Carapooee; E REISENAUER, Armadale; EJ ROWE, Elsternwick; W SAULTRY, Port Melbourne; WA SMITH, Sutton Grange; GW STRATTON, Mooroopna; R TOPHAM, Yapeen; E VALPIED, Toora; NA WATSON, Pomborneit; J WHELAN, Glenhuntly; JE WHITE, South Melbourne.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 299 337 Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 54 5VMR QSA Roll: Queen's S. Africa Medal Roll for 5VMR B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item B Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 16.2.1901 Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 9.11.1901 & 18.2.1902 Trar.Rcd.: Traralgon Record newspaper date(s) 19.2.1904
External Link URL1		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2		picasaweb.google.co.uk/boerwarpics/Ozbpics#5465362075618538258
External Link URL3		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memv0005.php
External Link URL4		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memv0014.php
External Link URL5		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9628642
External Link URL6		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9615611
External Link URL7		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64161893

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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.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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