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Murray: killed in action on 12.6.1901 at Wilmansrust.
Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Canberra.
West Australian: killed at Steelkoopspruit.
5VMR QSA Roll: Left Wing, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (CC OFS & Tvl), killed in action.
HAGSOC: Memorials Middleburg and Mooroopna.
URL3: photo.
B5179: born 1880 a farm hand from Mooroopna Vic.
Source:#859 great-grandson of the convict John STRATTON who was convicted in 1807, arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1810 and spent much of his life there.
Melb. Leader: Mooroopna Vic., photos #334 & ?STRATHAN #852.
URL4: photo.
URL5: photo.
URL6: Fifth VMR Memorial to Fallen Comrades opposite to St. Kilda Barracks ... The following is the list of names appearing on the tablets, together with the addresses, which we have obtained from official sources - Captain J KELLY, Melbourne. Lieutenant SR COULTER, Ballarat. Lieutenant JG CHRISP, Frankston. Lieutenant AG JOHNSTON, Hawthorn. Lieutenant AE MURPHY, Colac. Medical Officer HA PALMER, Ballarat. Sergeant AGK BUCKINGHAM, Yea. Farrier-Sergeant JF HOULIHAN, Collingwood. Corporal RPN ROBERTSON, Portsea. Corporal H HARRISON, Collingwood. Corporal H NEWLANDS, Prahran. Lance-Corporal AE BURLEY, Ballarat. Lance-Corporal HJ BOXALL, Melbourne. Lance-Corporal GR BUTTON, Anakie. Lance-Corporal HC HADLEY, Fitzroy. Lance-Corporal TS ROSS, Williamstown. Shoeing-Smith A HOUGHTON, Inverleigh. Shoeing-Smith AE SPOWART, Dean's Marsh. Shoeing-Smith RM THORNTON, Kilmore. Shoeing-Smith F RANKIN, Police Barracks, Melbourne. Privates SJ BARNARD, North Brunswick; EH BLANDFORD, Bendigo; L BOND, Longwood; FH CAUGHEY, Bairnsdale; J CHARLTON, Euroa; J COLLINS, Mumbannar; J COSTELLO, Dunolly; AB DAVIDSON, Moe; FG DOW, Balaclava; G GLENN, South Melbourne; LJW GOUDIE, St. Kilda; RG HARRISON, Mathoura NSW; WJ HEALEY, Melbourne; HH HENDY, Lyndhurst; HV HEWINS, Brighton; WW JAMES, Nagambie; HS LAMB, Sale; HJ LAWRENCE, North Carlton; AE MACK, Jolimont; TH MAHONEY, Darraweit Guim; J MCCANN, St. Kilda Road; J MCCORKELL, Queensclilf; MT MCDONALD, Yinnar; J MCNALLY, Carapooee; E REISENAUER, Armadale; EJ ROWE, Elsternwick; W SAULTRY, Port Melbourne; WA SMITH, Sutton Grange; GW STRATTON, Mooroopna; R TOPHAM, Yapeen; E VALPIED, Toora; NA WATSON, Pomborneit; J WHELAN, Glenhuntly; JE WHITE, South Melbourne.
URL7: The following is the official list of Victorians killed at Wilmansrust as received from London 19.6.1901 - Surgeon-Lieutenant HA PALMER, Ballarat. Private GW STRATTON, Mooroopna. Private FJ SMITH, Anakie. Private EH BLANDFORD, Huntly. Corporal H NEWLANDS, Chapel Street, Prahran. Private RM THORNTON, Kilmore. Farrier-Sergeant JV HOULIHAN, Collingwood. Lance-Corporal GR BUTTON, Anakie. Private L BOND, Longwood. Private SJ BARNARD, Brunswick. Private LJW GOUDIE, Marlton Crescent, St. Kilda. Private EJ ROWE, Charles Street, Elsternwick. Private HH HENDY, Lyndhurst. Corporal H HARRISON, Francis Street, Collingwood. Private WA SMITH, Sutton Grange. Private R TOPHAM, Danks Street, South Melbourne. Pivate J COLLINS, Magpie, near Ballarat. Private AE MACK, Jolimont. Private H SMITH.
URL8: Trooper George William STRATTON, whose name appears first in the list of privates killed in the engagement [at Wilmansrust], was a farm hand, aged 21 years, who lived with his father at Lake Eyrie Farm, Mooroopuna.
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