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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 | | MAYO |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Sydney Selwyn |
| Regimental Number | | 1812 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: died 11.3.1902.
B5204: 'E'Sqn. book keeper born 1880 Raymond Terrace NSW, Queen's South Africa Medal (SA01 & SA02).
Source:# 512 died of disease.
B5204: next of kin in Gosford NSW, ruled out in 3NSWMR roll.
Roe: War Memorial Gosford NSW.
URL5: Mr. JA MAYO has fully realised of late [c3.1902] the truth of the old saying that troubles come not in single spies but in battalions. A week or two ago he received word from South Africa that one of his brothers was down with enteric. Last week the sad intelligence was conveyed to him that another brother had succumbed in enteric at the front. This week he was placed in receipt of a telegram announcing that his brother in law (Dr. SCHRADE), of Waverley, had died, at the early age of 35 years.
URL6: GOSFORD, Tuesday [4.11.1902].— A very handsome marble monument, '12ft. high, has just been erected, in Gosford Park to the memory of three soldiers from this district who fell during the Boer war, Trooper John MURRAY, of Wamberal; Corporal Harcourt Franklin LEGGE, of Woodport; and Trooper Sydney S MAYOR, of Gosford.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 118 204
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 512
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204 folder 11A
SCTWA: South Coast Times & Wollongong Argus newspaper date(s) 29.3.1902
Sydney Tel.: Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper date(s) 5.11.1902
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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.
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