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| Surname | | RANSLEY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Edwin Horace |
| Regimental Number | | 128 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | A Sqn. New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Draft, died 27.4.1900 at Sterkstroom.
URL1: ?Penrith NSW volunteers including Pte. RANSLEY given a send off banquet at Drill Hall and presented with pipes and tobacco 7.1.1900.
URL2: Pte. RANSLEY of Aust. Mounted Infantry died from enteric at Sterkstrom.
URL3: Sterkstroom Hospital confirmed Pte. EH RANSLEY buried end April begining May, funeral followed by several Aust. nurses (item headed Penrith).
URL5: nursed Cpl. THORNDIKE of Penrith but since died.
URL7: Pte. RANSLEY of Penrith NSW whose bones lay in S. Africa.
URL8: During the evening [of 13.12.1900] Private GATES, on behalf of the late Private E RANSLEY, handed over to Lieutenant MCDONALD, for the Mechanics' School of Arts, St. Marys, the Union Jack that was hoisted over the court house at Bloemfontein after the occupation of that town by the British. Lieutenant MCDONALD, in receiving the flag, said that the late Private RANSLEY was very popular at St. Marys, and he felt that the present would be greatly appreciated.
URL9: Trooper RANSLEY, of the Australian Mounted Infantry, has died of enteric fever at Sterkstroom.
URL10: "Quite picturesque, is it not?" Thus a visitor, as he stood in front of St Marys Mechanics' Institute on last Saturday after-
noon [c4.1902] and swept with a glance the increasing crowd of some 800 citizens; the firm-standing ranks of K Company 3rd NSW Infantry, flanked by their smart-looking Band; and the centre of all observation a Union Jack hanging lazily over the Ransley Memorial Tablet, which had been
let into the front of the building above mentioned. Both flag and tablet have a
story to unfold. The latter bears the following inscription, which is set off by
items of military equipment - To the Memory of Trooper EH RANSLEY A native of this town and one time Secretary of this Institute, who died in his Empire's
cause at Sterkstroom, South Africa, April 27th, 1900, aged 30 years. A Member of the Second Contingent, NSW Mounted Rifles. "I have fought the good fight."
This Tablet was Erected by Public Subscription. ...
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| Source References | |
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 34 203
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 8.1, 4.5 & 22.10.1900
Launc. Exam.: Launceston Examiner newspaper date(s) 4.5.1900
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 2.6.1900
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 12.5 & 27.10.1900
Nepean T: Nepean Times newspaper date(s) 26.1.1901 & 3.5.1902
Evg. News: Evening News (Sydney NSW) date(s) 19.12.1900
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