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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 | | SMILEY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Alexander |
| Regimental Number | | 177 |
| Rank | | Sergeant |
| Unit Name | | 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 'D'Sqn. died of wounds 17.11.1900 Dreifontein, Kroonstadt.
B5204: Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps (Drief. Jbg. DH Witte. & CC) deceased 17.11.1900.
URL3: mortally wounded.
URL3: mortally wounded at Rhenoster Kop.
URL4:
URL9: The Premier received the following cable from the High Commissioner for SAf., on 21.11.1900 - "Capetown, November 20 - No. 203, ACRE, NSW Bushmen, died of diphtheria at Pretoria on November 16; No. 177, Sergeant A SMILEY, NSW Mounted Infantry, died of wounds on November 16.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 67 203
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 24.11.1900
Barrier Miner: Barrrier Miner newspaper date(s) 21.11.1900
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 1.12.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21250943 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44268795 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71387707 |
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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.
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