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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 WHITE
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Herbert John
Regimental Number 261
RankPrivate
Unit Name 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: accidentally killed at Tabakplaas 21.4.1901.
Source:# 22 War Memorial Brisbane.
Source:# 72 Gympie Qld.
Fogg: details of death.
B5172: next of kin in Gympie Qld.
URL4: killed at Tabakplaats.
URL6: In Memoriam notice, accidentally shot at Oliphants R. 21.4.1901.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 498 541
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 22
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 72
Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) 4
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 26.4.1901
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 26.4.1901
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 4.5.1901
Rockh. Bull.: Rockhampton Morning Bulletin date(s) 19.4.1902
Capric.: Capricornian newspaper Rockhampton Qld. date(s) 26.4.1902
External Link URL1www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL3www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memq0001.php
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14366769
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21261937
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52758178
External Link URL7nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68270046


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.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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