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Murray: dangerously wounded at Groothoek 17.6.1901.
Fogg: 'L'Coy. wounded in head.
Wilcox: invalided (insanity from head wound), medical record, gratuity application & allowance.
B5172: next of kin in Glebe NSW.
URL3: 1915 In Memoriam, In loving memory of my dear son and our brother Private William MCCABE of 5th QIB, died from wounds received in South Africa, 4.6.1904. Inserted by his loving mother, Mrs. P MCCABE, sisters and brothers.
URL4: Private Wm. MCCABE, of the Fifth Contingent, has just returned to Sydney from Brisbane. This soldier was dangerously wounded at Goedgeoven in the war in South Africa,, by being shot through the head, and though he has spent fifteen mouths in the hospital, he has not yet fully recovered. The Patriotic Fund made him the maximum grant, which will be paid at the rate of £5 per month, and MCCABE will also draw a pension from the Imperial authorities.
URL5: Two days later, serious skirmishing recommenced, and continued as far as the Slangappe Mountains, where Lieutenant HALSE was badly wounded in the breast, and Privates MCCABE and STRONG in the head and arm respectively. This was on the way to Utrecht, where for three days supplies were taken in.
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