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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 | | FERRIS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Frederick Aston |
| Regimental Number | | 46 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 1Vic. Mounted Infantry Coy.
Price1: 38260 Sergeant 2Scot. Horse, died of disease at Middleburg 6.2.1902, Ballarat War Memorial.
Price2: severely wounded at Bakenlaagte 30.10.1901, died of disease 8.2.1902, Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps.
Source:# 268 28260 Sergeant 2Scot. Horse, from Corryong Vic., wounded at Bakenlaagte.
B5177: farmer aged 29.
URL1: Sergeant 38260 Scottish Horse, died of peritonitis at Middleburg on 6.2.1902.
B5179: farmer c/- Vic. Palace Melbourne.
Smith2: Scot. Horse King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps.
URL2: 31696 Sgt. 2nd Scottish Horse.
URL4: grave marker in British Military Cemetery at Middleburg - In Memory of Sgt. F FERRIS Sco. Horse 6.2.02.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 224
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 87
Price2: Southern Cross Scots page(s) 125 159 171
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 75
A6394: National Archives of Australia series A6394
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 268
Melb. Age: Age newspaper, Melbourne date(s) 16.11.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 611
B5177: National Archives of Australia series B5177
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 13
| | External Link URL1 | | www.roll-of-honour.com/Databases/BoerDetailed/index.html | | External Link URL2 | | www.britishmedals.us/files/iyf.htm | | External Link URL3 | | www.britishmedals.us/files/127scothorse.htm | | External Link URL4 | | www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=2814907 |
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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.
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