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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 | | SAVILL |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | George Daniel |
| Regimental Number | | 223 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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B5172: next of kin in Byron Bay NSW.
URL2: Amongst the hundred or so families on the Ricbmond that contributed men to the contingents that went from New South Wales to the war, Lismore can claim two families sending five and four representatives respectively. The first is that of Mr. James CLARKE, of Lismore. Two of the sons went with Queensland contingents, and two have returned home and then gone a second time to the front. The second family is that of Mr. SAVILLE, of Lismore, whose two sons, George and Fred, returned home last week [c5.1902], having enlisted with the Fifth Queensland Contingent. One brother, William, preceded their return some time since, while a fourth brother, Alfred, after serving through the war from the commencement, has remained in South Africa, having joined the mounted police. In each of the families named every son went to the front, which, perhaps, is something of a record.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 498
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
TableT.: Table Talk (Melbourne Vic.) newspaper date(s) 22.5.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145706960 |
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