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Australians
in the Boer War
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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 | | HUMPHRIES |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Archibald |
| Regimental Number | | 911 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse (Qld) |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: 'D'Coy., died of pneumonia Portsea Vic. 9.8.1902.
B5207: bush hand aged 21 next of kin in Sydney NSW.
URL1: bush hand aged 21 born in NSW next of kin father in Sydney.
URL2: WAR MEMORIAL AT SORRENTO. Photo entitled A WAR MEMORIAL (Tombstone Erected at Sorrento in Memory of Soldiers who Returned in the Drayton Grange and Died at Fort Franklin). A memorial erected to the soldiers who died in Fort Franklin barracks, after returning from South Africa in the steamer Drayton Grange, was unveiled last week by the Rev. E RODDA, in Sorrento cemetery. A large number of spectators were present. A detachment of the VRRAA and the military band, with Lieutenant INNIS in charge, represented the military forces. Lieutenant-Colonel MCCAY, who had been invited to unveil the monument, was unable to attend owing to absence from the State. The inscription on the monument is as follows - 'In memoriam to the returned soldiers from South Africa by the Drayton Grange, who died in Fort Franklin Barracks, Portsea, August, 1902 - — A HUMPHRIES, H SHERRINGHAM, J GREEN, EP BARTON, W MACFARLANE. Erected by public subscription. Unveiled 27th April, 1905'.
URL3: Melbourne August 11 [1902]. A trooper named DUDLEY, who returned by the Drayton Grange, died at hospital today from dysentery. The ninth death in connection with the Drayton Grange was reported today. The victim is trooper HUMPHRIES of New South Wales.
URL4: photo of Pte. 911 A HUMPHRIES c/- father, John HUMPHRIES, Sydney NSW.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 524 541
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 13.5.1905
Capric.: Capricornian newspaper Rockhampton Qld. date(s) 16.8.1902
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 1.2.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=683053&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198173499 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68869774 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21620170 |
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