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Murray: MARMANT, Mentioned in Despatches Commander in Chief's Despatches 8.7.1901 captured & released at Wonderfontein 15.7.1901.
Fogg: MARMONT J pay stopped for losing rifle and bandolier.
Source:# 584 ?MARMONT John born 1864 Golspie NSW died 1936 Richlands near Taralga NSW.
B5172: next of kin in Goldspie via Tialga NSW.
Source:# 1266 John MARMONT, born 13.3.1864 at 'Highfield' Taralga (Registered 8448 Goulburn NSW), married 21.5.1906 in Goulburn and died there on 6.8.1936. In his younger days he worked around Taralga, went gold prospecting in WA goldfields with his older brother Thomas, and travelled extensively working throughout Queensland where he enlisted lowering his age by almost 2οΎ½ years.
URL2: left behind in hospital at Woodstock when 5QIB returned to Aust.
URL3: The following Queenslanders, who arrived from South Africa in the Columbia, reached Brisbane by the mail train last week [c5.1902], most of them being members of the Fifth Contingent - Lieutenant TUCKER, 268 Sergeant H SMITH, 201 Sergeant BECKETT, 233 Sergeant EGAN, 333 Sergeant RAMSAY, Privates 473 MARSDEN, 868 DAVIS, ARMSTRONG, 600 SWAIN, 147 WALDEN, 356 HODGE, 448 HOHEURN, 411 W JEFFREY, 501 J FOX, 108 MORLEY, 612 MACFARLANE, 92 A PRICE (Sixth Contingent), WALSH, WALLIS, WILSON, 63 BATES, 317 ANDERSON, 186 NEVILL, 407 M COLEMAN, BARLOW, 235 WAKEFIELD, 61 WHITTAKER, 155 PALMER, 309 MARMONT, SMITH, 4 WANZA, 248 M CURTIS, GUILFOYLE, Corporals WESBILL, HARTE and 420 LOSEBY.
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