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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 RUSSELL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Samuel Keira
Regimental Number 159
RankPrivate
Unit Name 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: killed in action 14.6.1901 Rietfontein.
Source:# 22 War Memorial Brisbane.
B5172: next of kin in Norman Park E. Brisbane Qld.
URL2: Baakenlaagte etc. monument in Primrose Cemetery Germiston, died 14.6.1901.
URL4: photo #159.
URL5: family In Memoriam notice.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 513 541
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 22
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 21.6.1901
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 13.4.1901 & 18.6.1904
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 14.6.1902
External Link URL1www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2www.angloboerwar.com/Casualties/images/Baakenlaagte monument 3 - Primrose Cemetery .jpg
External Link URL3www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2403211
External Link URL5www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memq0001.php
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22265687
External Link URL7nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19187771


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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