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Murray: THORNE 'D'Sqn. 4SAIB.
Simpson: Queen's South Africa medal and 6 clasps, WW1 AIF Lieutenant 'B'Sqn. 8LH Captain 2IC 'A'Sqn. wounded in action Gaza, St. Kilda Vic.
URL1: WW1 AIF Captain THORN Frederick Otto 8LH.
B5207: horticulturalist aged 27 from Angaston SA, 15 months 4SAIB.
URL3: sailed from Port Natal for Aust. aboard the 'Norfolk' 9.7.1902.
B4418: horticulturalist aged 27 from Angaston SA, born in Kadina next of kin father in Angaston, 15 months 4th SAIBC.
URL5: biography and sketch.
URL8: The undermentioned officers, who served in South Africa with various contingents from this State, have been gazetted as entitled to the honorary rank mentioned - To be honorary major, Captain FW HURCOMBE; to be honorary captains, Lieutenants (medical staff) FD JERMYN, GJR WALTER, FM ROWELL, JRB O'SULLIVAN, W DE PASSEY, and EJF LANGLEY DSO; to be honorary lieutenants, LH LOVELY and F LAYCOCK. Officers who on appointment were not serving, and who are not now serving in the military forces of Australia - To be honorary captains, Honorary Lieutenants AE COLLINS DSO, HJ RUSSELL, SC MCFARLANE DSO, EA ROBERTS and HA REID DSO; to be honorary lieutenants, M IVES, FJ DOUGLAS, AW JOHNSON, SA WHITE, WJ PRESS, JT DEMPSEY, HA TOLMER, JH SHEARER, F MUIR, DW BROCK, N CAMPBELL, HL KEKWICK, HJ RUSSELL, FO THORN, GG AYLIFFE, TW GLIEMANN, WCN WAITE, WA NUNNELEY, S BLUE, GH COSSINS, AK HARVEY, NW STIRLING, HE FRANCIS, JD TOLMER, RA HAMILTON, GE CATCHLOVE, CFM JOHNSON, HLSB OGILVY, FC SEIKMANN, AVW WATSON, J DOWNER, G DE REYHER, BT WARD, RCH WALKER, WF SPENCER and LL REID. To be veterinary lieutenant, JL BURNS.
URL9: The transport Norfolk, one of the neatest, cleanest, and best of the boats that have been engaged in conveying troops to and from South Africa, came to anchor off Largs Ray late on Wednesday night [30.7.1902]. In addition to several hundreds of troops for the eastern States, there were on board the undermentioned South Australians - OFFICERS - Captain W DE PASSEY, Captain and Adjutant EA ROBERTS, Captain AE COLLINS DSO, Surgeon- Captain JERMYN, Lieutenant FO THORN, Lieutenant HLSB OGILVY, Lieutenant CFM JOHNSON, Lieutenant FC SIEKMAN, Lieutenant PH PRIESTLY.
URL10: Lieut.- Colonel MCLEISH was the officer commanding on the ship [Norfolk at Albany 25.7.1902], and there were also on board - Second Battalion Commonwealth Horse, Major TIVEY, Captains, ROBERTS, BRUCHE, PENDLEBURY, KIRBY, DE PASSEY, Lieutenants BARNARD, ANDREWS, THORNE, LEIKMANN, JOHNSON, GARLAND, OGILVY, CAHILL, PRESS, SANDFORD, POWELL and THOMPSON. Rev. J MCINERNEY (chaplain) and 414 of other ranks. 4th Battalion Commonwealth Horse - Major PATTERSON and Captain COLLINS and 54 of other ranks.
Register: Lieut. FO THORN (line drawing) is also a South Australian, and received his commission in South Africa, where he first served as a private in the fourth contingent. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery in connection with the 'gun incident' at Lindley.
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