Surname | | KING |
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Oscar David |
Regimental Number | | 54 |
Rank | | Private |
Unit Name | | 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry |
State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown) | | Murray: 1Vic. Infantry Coy. Lance Corporal 11.1899, Corporal 1.2.1900, killed or died. Price1: killed in action at Edendale on 16.7.1900, War Memorials Ballarat & Canberra. Source:# 54 grave in Diamond Hill Cemetery. Reay: killed in action at Hatherly on 17.7.1900. B5177: soldier aged 22. B5179: soldier from Queenscliff Vic. URL6: dangerously wounded at Elands R. URL7: Private Oscar David KING, of the First Victorian contingent, who was recently severely wounded near Hatherley, has died from his injuries.
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Source References | | Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 222 226 336 Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 19 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 54 Reay: Australians at War - with the Australian Regiment page(s) 374 HAGSOC: HAGSOC's South African Graves website B5177: National Archives of Australia series B5177 B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 28.7.1900 West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 23.7.1900
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External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php |
External Link URL2 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/za00700.php |
External Link URL3 | | awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp |
External Link URL4 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memv0019.php |
External Link URL5 | | picasaweb.google.co.uk/boerwarpics/Ozbpics#5299264885145392882 |
External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18553311 |
External Link URL7 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23840458 |