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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 | | JAMES |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Walter Joseph |
| Regimental Number | | 1078 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 1st Australian Horse |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: died Bloemfontein 4.5.1900, Pte. WJ JAMES 1AH listed as killed or died on service.
URL1: ?WAMI, died of enteric at Bloemfontein c14.5.1900.
URL3: NSW casualties received 14.5.1900 - Tprs. WJ JAMES Aust. Horse and CE CRISP Mtd. Infantry died of enteric at Bloemfontein and Cpl. R HARKUS NSW Lancers succumbed to same disease.
URL4: London 14.5.1900 - Tpr. WJ JAMES West. Aust. Horse and Cpl. RE HARKUS NSW Lancers died of enteric at Bloemfontein.
Qbyn.Obs.: JAMES WJ Tpr. 1078, 1st AH listed amongst Queanbeyan Dist. men serving in Boer War c6.1900, later c9.1900 invalid L/Cpl. JAMES accompanied Jack MCJANNETT at a welcome home to Bungendore.
Source:# 1390 station overseer born at Kidderminster Eng. 5.6.1869, named on Bungendore NSW Roll of Honour Board, research notes suggest WJ JAMES 1078 is the one who died at Bloemfontein 4.5.1900 and is commemorated there and that MCJANNETT's companion at Bungedore was probably L/Cpl JAMES Arthur Willis Stanley Trooper 780 of the NSW Lancers who
was invalided back to Aust. on 17.8.1900 - but conclusion is 'still unclear'.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 47 203
Barrier Miner: Barrrier Miner newspaper date(s) 15.5.1900
Register: The Register newspaper South Australia 15.5.1900
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1390
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 19.5.1900
Qbyn.Obs.: Queanbeyan Observer newspaper date(s) 8.6 & 4.9.1900
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