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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		MITCHELL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		James
Regimental Number		508
Rank		Sqn. Sergeant Major
Unit Name		New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen
State		NSW
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: 'A'Sqn., killed Elands R. 17.8.1800, NSW pension to Mrs EE. Wallace1: died of wounds. Source:# 9 War Memorial Tenterfield. Source:# 54 grave Elands R.Cemetery, photo. Source:# 161 War Memorial Tenterfield photo. NMCSA : biography. B5204: born 1842 Ayreshire Scot., wife Emily, Tenterfield. Sydney Mail: 'A'Sqn., photos. URL2: photo. Source:# 1090 father of DGF MITCHELL 3NSWIB. URL5: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 75 202A 204 Wallace1: The Australians at the Boer War page(s) 268 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 54 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 161 NMCSA : National Memorials Council of South Africa B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204 Kopje: ABWSGoA journal The Kopje date(s) 9.2001 Sydney Mail: Sydney Mail newspaper date(s) 3.3.1900 HAGSOC: HAGSOC's South African Graves website Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1090 Launc. Exam.: Launceston Examiner newspaper date(s) 22.8.1900 Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 21.8.1900
External Link URL1		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/za00400.php
External Link URL3		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memn0016.php
External Link URL4		www.lighthorse.org.au/famous-battles/famous-battles-boer-war/the-siege-of-elands-river-post
External Link URL5		bwm.org.au/site/James_Mitchell2.php
External Link URL6		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35368180
External Link URL7		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9552785

Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


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.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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