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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 | | KNIGHT |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Guy Cunninghame |
| Regimental Number | | |
| Rank | | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit Name | | 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: wounded Honwater 26.12.1900, Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 19.4.1901, Queen's South Africa medal and 6 clasps (Drief. Jbg. & Witte.).
Hardg&Mac: ?photo.
B5204: Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps (Drief. Jbg. Witte. CC & SA01).
URL1: Colonel GC KNIGHT, commander of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry who is at the front in South Africa, was told by headquarters to expostulate with his men for killing sheep. His speech on parade was a thing of beauty, "I've been told," he said, "to put my foot down upon this sheep-killing; and I'm going to do it." Then his voice dropped a little and he added, "Of course, you know men, if a sheep attacks you I can't blame you should you in self-defence ...." Fresh mutton remained plentiful in the camp of the Cornstalks.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 29 57 59 61 62
Wallace1: The Australians at the Boer War page(s) 292
Hardg&Mac: War in S. Africa and the Dark Continent from Savagery to Civilisation page(s) 598
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 139
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204
Paterson: From the Front page(s) 202
TableT.: Table Talk (Melbourne Vic.) newspaper date(s) 20.6.1901
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145858116 |
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