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Australians
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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 | | BURGE |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Joseph Alexander |
| Regimental Number | | 80 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: 'A'Coy.
Source:# 124 Lieutenant Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps, WW1 2LH AIF killed in action Quinn's Post 1915.
URL1: WW1 Lieutenant 2nd Light Horse killed 7.8.1915.
URL2: auctioneer's clerk aged 35 from Allora Qld.
B5172: Allora Qld.
B4418: hospitalised at Orange River for about a week in 1.1900 cause unknown, returned per 'Orient' arrived Brisbane 16.1.1901 discharged 23.1.1901, re-joined Coy. for duty.
URL4: WW1 AIF Lieut. 2LH born 1897 Allora Qld. auctioneer's clerk, 1 year 96 days 1QMI, Lieut. 14.9.1914 killed in action 7.8.1915.
URL8: ACoy. seconded to Transvaal Mounted & Foot Police 19.6.1900.
Source:# 1578 BURGE, Joseph. The WW1 details suggesting BURGE was killed in action appear to be incorrect. Even the details shown suggest the casualty was born 1897, a tad young for South Africa – the Boer War BURGE was 5561, born Lytton, Queensland, enlisted WW1 at 35 years from Port Melbourne, 23rd Infantry, POW March, 191. OZB 2738/2739 are the same serviceman; Queensland BDM confirms Joseph Alexander, parents Alfred George and Elizabeth (nee FALIS), born 1880.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 452
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 124
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 18.11.1899 & 21.8.1900
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1578
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