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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 | | SMITH |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Ernest Edgar |
| Regimental Number | | 235 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Ernest 'B'Coy.
B5172: E SMITH 'B'Coy. Boundary St. West End Qld.
Smith2: Doyle's Scouts/5QIB, King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps.
URL1: returned per 'Orient' arrived Brisbane 16.1.1901 discharged 23.1.1901 to West End, wounded 26.1.1900 at Belmont when Martini Henry bullet passed through outer side of left arm, in hospital at Orange R. & Wynberg for 2 months.
Source:# 1004 Ernest Edgar SMITH buried under his father's name of GRENVILLE in an unmarked grave at Charter's Towers N. Qld., shown unidentifed in AWM's photo of 'B'Coy. (but not in 'Queenslander' series photos), brother of Arthur Frederick 6QIB.
URL3: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
URL4: Pte. E SMITH 'B'Coy. 1QMI, single from Boundary St. West End Qld.
URL5: Pte. 235 E SMITH returned per 'Orient' c1.1901.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 455
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 23
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1004
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 18.11.1899 & 5.1.1901
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=687080&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | bwm.org.au/site/Ernest_Smith.php | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3705653 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21252383 |
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