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Australians
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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 | | SHEEHAN |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | David |
| Regimental Number | | 302 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Corporal 1.5.1901, severely wounded at Beginsel on 4.1.1902.
B5172: next of kin in North Pine Qld.
Source:# 721 Queen's South Africa medal and 4 clasps (OFS Tvl SA01 & SA02), WW1 AIF SHEEHAN ?Daniel 5866 Pte. 25Bn.
URL1: 5866 Daniel aged 25.
Roe: Daniel 5866 is too young for Boer War.
URL3: photo #302.
URL4: ?Cpl. D SHEELAN 6th Qld. Bushmen severely wounded at Boginsel (sic) c1.1902.
URL5: A roll of the names of warrant and non-commissioned officers of the [Sixth] contingent who had been recommended to receive pipes presented by Her Majesty Queen Alexandra was read out by the Premier, as follows - Regimental-Sergoont-major FH TRASK, Quartermaster-sergeant Thomas Paul VOLKMAN, Company-sergeant-major SPREADBOROUGH, Company-sergeant-major D WAUGH, Company-sergeant-major A JONES, Company-quartermaster-sergeant RA WHIPHAM, Company-quartermaster-sergeant TH DOYLE, Company-quartermaster-sergeant RL RENWICK, Sergeant William EDWARDS, Corporal D SHEEHAN, Corporpl JC NISBETT, Corporal J DURHAM, Corporal CJ CULLEN. Five of them being present - namely, VOLKMAN, SPREADBOROUGH, WHIPHAM, DOYLE and RENWICK, their pipes were presented to them by the Premier.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 515
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 721
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 13.4.1901
NQ Register: North Queensland Register newspaper date(s) 13.1.1902
Bne. Tele.: Brisbane Telegraph newspaper date(s) 18.6.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=8081451&I=1&SE=0 | | External Link URL2 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2403213 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84421353 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175160239 |
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