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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 | | MITCHELL |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Charles Edward |
| Regimental Number | | 267 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: wounded between Bethel & Standerton 25.5.1901.
Fogg: Ag. Corporal seriously wounded.
B5172: next of kin in Sydney NSW.
URL3: A Wounded Soldier. Our cables yesterday [17.5.1900] mentioned amongst the soldiers slightly wounded the name of Private CE MITCHELL. There were four Mitchells who went away with the various contingents from this [NSW] colony; viz, CE MITCHELL, JB MITCHELL, AB MITCHELL and TD MITCHELL, so that in all probability it is Private Mitchell, of West Maitland NSW, who is alluded to in the cable news as the unfortunate one.
URL4: Company Sergeant-Major WILLIAMS, Company Sergeant-Major BAUMANN, Sergeant OXFORD, Corporal MITCHELL, Privates STEWART and FORMAN were present to represent the members of the "fifth", and Quartermaster-Sergeant GOOD (staff), who was also a member of the contingent, was present [at the Moreton Regt. welcome 9.5.1902].
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 499
Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) 5
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 31.5.1901
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Launc. Exam.: Launceston Examiner newspaper date(s) 31.5.1901
MaitlandDM.: Maitland Daily Mercury newspaper date(s) 18.3.1900
Bne. Tele.: Brisbane Telegraph newspaper date(s) 10.5.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35401721 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132874266 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175156535 |
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