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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		MACDONALD
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		William Alexander
Regimental Number		78
Rank		Private
Unit Name		2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: MCDONALD. B5172: MACDONALD from Stanthorpe Qld. URL1: MACDONALD aged 28 with 1 year 57 days war service, returned to Brisbane per 'Tongariro' 3.5.1901 discharged 17.5.1901. URL3: photo #78. URL4: CCoy. QMI seconded to Transvaal Mounted & Foot Police 19.6.1900.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 461 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 20.1.1900 Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 21.8.1900
External Link URL1		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=684279&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL2		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL3		newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2518479
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19036091

Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any 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.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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