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Australians
in the Boer War
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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 | | WEEKS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Richard |
| Regimental Number | | 257 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Lance Corporal 1.2.1902 killed 31.3.1902.
Source:# 70 from Taralga NSW shot by sniper after war over.
Roe: war didn't end until 5.1902.
B5204: labourer born 1877 Taralga NSW, Queen's South Africa Medal (SA01 & SA02).
URL2: Lance Corporal killed at Witbank.
URL3: ?R WEEKE 'A'Sqn. 3&4Tps. photo #4.
URL4: L/Cpl. R WEEKS 2NSWMR killed in action at Witbank.
URL5: Cpl. WEEKES A Sqn. 2NSWMR from Bowral NSW shot in stomach at close range and died at Whitbank 31.3.1902.
URL6: An impressive ceremony was performed in the Oddfellows Hall, Bowral, on Friday night [25.7.1902], when, in the presence of a large assemblage, the Mayor of Bowral, A1d. W MURRAY, performed the ceremony of unveiling the photos of Sergeant-Major GLEESON and Lance Corporal WEEKS, two Bowral soldiers who had met their deaths during the Boer war. ... In memory of Lance-Corporal Richard WEEKS, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, who was killed at Witbank, South Africa, April 2nd, 1902, whilst on duty. This portrait has been placed here by his late comrades in H Bowral Coy. as a mark of their esteem for him as a man and a soldier.
URL7: The following NSW casualties have occurred in South Africa - Private W MCKEEN, 3rd Bushmen killed; Sergeant-major PJ MAY and Private PEJ REARDON of 2nd Mounted Rifles slightly wounded near Bethel, on Monday [7.4.1902]; Lance-corporal R WEEKS of 2nd Mounted Rifles killed at Witbank.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 122 204
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 70
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 2.3.1901 & 12.4.1901
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 26.5.1902
BowralFP: Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer newspaper date(s) 30.7.1902
Dubbo Lib.: Dubbo Liberal & Macquarie Advocate newspaper date(s) 9.4.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35481715 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71464258 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71522619 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14465101 | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112462465 | | External Link URL7 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75958469 |
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