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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		HENRY
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		James Douglas
Regimental Number		229
Rank		Private
Unit Name		4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: Lieutenant 'D'Coy 3ACH. Source:# 150 photo. Source:# 540 WW1 AIF France Lieutenant 1 Tunneling Coy., Major DSO & MIDx2, Egypt Camel Bde. HQ then AIF HQ attached RAF Middle East, OBE & MID. URL1: WW1 AIF Major Mining Corps OBE DSO. URL2: mining engineer aged 34 from Indooroopilly Qld. B5207: 3ACH(Qld). B5172: c/- Herbert R. Qld. URL3: WW1 AIF Lieut. & Adjutant Mining Corps a mining engineer aged 34 in 1915 born 1881 in Clermont Qld. next of kin wife in Indooroopilly, Garrison Arty. Qld. and 3 years in South Africa with Qld. Bushmen and Aust. Commonwealth Horse, Major 1.11.1916 Mentioned in Despatches 7.11.1917 DSO LG 28.12.1917 OBE & second MID LG 3.6.1919. URL5: photo #229. Source:# 1028 medals survive.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 475 484 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 150 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 540 B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1028
External Link URL1		www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.asp?Folder=24&Page=38&Surname=henry
External Link URL2		www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/16_8_1/pdf/0126.pdf
External Link URL3		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=5395699&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL4		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL5		newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528966?zoomLevel=2

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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