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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 SMALL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Duncan William
Regimental Number 93
RankPrivate
Unit Name 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen
StateVic
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: Lance Corporal, invalided to Australia died at Mortlake Vic. on 2.2.1901 from enteric.
Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Canberra.
B5179: born 1867 a hairdresser etc. from Mortlake Vic.
URL2: born 1867 died 1901 in Mortlake Vic., family tree.
URL4: The following, belonging to Lieutenant General Lord Methuen's brigade, were wounded at Reitfontein on Saturday, 16.2.1901 — Mortally — Sergeant DJ BARRETT, New South Wales. Severely — Private E CLEMENTS, New South Wales; Private W RUTHERFORD, South Australia. Slightly — Captain Angus COLLIS, South Australia, gunshot wound in hand. At Hartebeetsfontein, Transvaal — Sergeant C VAUGHAN, Privates J JOHNSON and J HESKETH were killed. Dangerously wounded — Private W SMALL. Severely wounded — Colonel N KELLY, gunshot in left thigh; Lieutenant MACE, left shoulder; Lieutenant PARKIN, left thigh and back; Private A LANCASTER. Slightly wounded Private W O'SHEA, Private O WARD. The foregoing belong to the Victorian Bushmen. Severely wounded — Private H TRANOR, New South Wales Bushmen.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 262 336
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 39
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 663
Z&DHerald: Zeehan and Dundas Herald newspaper date(s) 25.2.1901
External Link URL1www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2member.melbpc.org.au/~perkwhit/mcrae.htm
External Link URL3www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memv0017.php
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83740422


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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