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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 | | MCCARTNEY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | John Irwin |
| Regimental Number | | 440 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 3rd Victorian Bushmen |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: died of wounds in Rustenburg Hospital 31.7.1900.
Price1: dangerously wounded at Koster R. 21.7.1900, War Memorials Ballarat Lake Rowan Yarrawonga & Canberra.
Wilcox: Casualty List. Reay: wounded at Kosk's R 21.7.1900, died of wounds Elands Kraal 31.7.1900.
Melb. Leader: farmer from South Richmond Vic., photo.
B5177: farmer aged 23.
B5179: born 1877 a farmer from S. Richmond Vic., next of kin in Lake Rowan.
URL4: The inscription [on the Lake Rowan memorial unveilled 1.3.1902] is as follows - 'Erected by public subscription in memory of Trooper John Irwin MCCARTNEY, dearly beloved second son of John and L MCCARTNEY, wounded at Coster River, South Africa, 22nd July died 31st July, 1900, aged 23 years and 11 months.' The whole is most artistically finished off, and the total cost was £100 which includes the donation of a piece of stone valued at £5, given by Willis Bros. It was at first desired to get Captain HAM the officer under whom the late Trooper MCCARTNEY served in South Africa, to
perform the ceremony of unveiling, but on account of his having left again for
South Africa he was unable to do so, and Mr. W HALL, the member for the district, was requested to undertake the task.
URL5: A granite pillar 15 feet high has been erected, at a cost of £110, at Lake Rowan, as a memorial to Private JL MCCARTNEY, who fell at Coster River, South Africa.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 246 336
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 32
Wilcox: National Archives Search Guide - The Boer War page(s) 51
Reay: Australians at War - with the Australian Regiment page(s) 374
Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 10.3.1900
HAGSOC: HAGSOC's South African Graves website
B5177: National Archives of Australia series B5177
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 97, 102, 477, 520
Ben. Std.: Benalla Standard newspaper date(s) 4.3.1902
NE Ensign: North Eastern Ensign (Benalla) newspaper date(s) 14.2.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/grave97.jpg | | External Link URL3 | | www.skp.com.au/memorials/pages/30178.htm | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155253478 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70779527 |
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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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