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Murray: wounded at Wilmansrust, died at Middleburg of enteric on 6.12.1901.
Price1: War Memorials Bairnsdale Canberra Ballarat Charlton.
West Australian: slightly wounded at Steelkoopspruit.
B5179: born 1868 a station hand from Pomborneit next of kin at Fairview Railway Stn. Vic.
Melb. Leader: photo #810.
URL2: photo.
URL3: 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; RA WATSON, Pomborneit; J WHELAN, Glenhuntly; JE WHITE, South Melbourne.
URL4: The Slightly Wounded. No fewer than twenty privates have been slightly wounded. The following are the official particulars concerning them - Thomas P WILSON, single, 28, butcher, Tatura, next of kin, father, Tatura. James SPRIGG, single, 23, traveller, Kensington, next of kin, mother, Gower Street, Kensington. Samuel POLLOCK, single, 21, boundary rider, Windsor, next of kin, father, Hotham Street, Windsor. Charles Thomas SALMON, single, 29, butcher, Castlemaine, next of kin, sister (Mrs. HARRIS), Castlemaine. Robert Alfred WATSON, single, 33, station hand, Pomborneit, next of kin, father, Fairview railway station. WG PAGDEN, single, 24, farmer, Numurkah, next of kin, father, Numurkah. John C REEVE, single, 22, laborer, Bamoral, next of kin, mother, Balmoral. William GRIMES, single, 25, bushman, Gannawarra, next of kin, G BARNETT, Gannawarra. Walter A BAIN, single, 20, rabbit trapper, Longwood, next of kin, father, Longwood. Aubrey F ASHLEY, single, 22, farmer, St. Kilda; next of kin, mother (Mrs. ROSS), St. Kilda. Nathaniel Oliver GILES, single, 20, station hand, South Brighton, next of kin, brother (SW GILES), Poowong. William George HAYES, single, 23, farm laborer, Port Melbourne, next of kin, father, Borard, Queensland. William John MARSHALL, single, 27, stock rider, Fitzroy, next of kin, mother, Fitzroy. George JEWELL, single, 25, saddler, Northcote, next of kin, mother, Northcote. Ernest O. JENCKE, single, 22, groom, Burwood, next of kin, father, Burwood. Archibald R MCPHERSON, single, 23, fitter, Gisborne, next of kin, father, Gisborne. Charles Francis SMITH, single, 24, station hand, Tallangatta, next of kin, mother, Tallangatta. Joseph MCNAMARA, single, 22, saddler, Richmond, next of kin, father, Richmond. John BECHAZ, single, 22, horse breaker, Prahran, next of kin, father, Moe. Robert W CORRIGAN, single, 23, bush hand, Caulfleld, next of kin, father, Caulfield. John HASSETT, single, 32, drover, Kensington, next of kin, mother, Kensington. It will be noticed that 90 per cent, of the wounded and slain were under 30 years of age.
URL5: CHARLTON.- The local branch of the ANA has decided to call a public meeting to promote the erection of a memorial to two young men who lost their lives in the Boer War - Alfred BAWDON, of Dooboobetic, and Robert WATSON, of Fairview.
URL6: LONDON, 10 December [1901]; The War Office reports Private RA WATSON, of the 5th Victorian Contingent, dead from enteric fever at Middleburg. The cable above refers to RA WATSON who resided at Pomborneit before
enrolling in the Fifth Contingent.
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