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 | | TIBBETTS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Frederick Richard |
| Regimental Number | | 216 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Regal: Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps (CC OFS Tvl SA01 & SA02).
B5172: next of kin in Ryde NSW.
URL2: left behind in hospital at Charlestown when 5QIB returned to Aust.
URL3: Mr TIBBETTS, formerly of Injune Qld., amongst the Boer War veterans attending the 40th Anniversary re-union of the South African War Veterans Association, held to commemorate the signing of peace in South Africa 40 years ago.
|
| Source References | |
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 498
Regal: Regal Coin Co. - Medals & Militaria Lists date(s) 5/1971
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 16.5.1902
W. Star: Western Star newspaper date(s) 5.6.1942
|
| External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf |
| External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19184287 |
| External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98099680 |
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.
The
Oz-Boer Database
is copyright and may not be used for any commercial purpose.