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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 | | CAMPER |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William Valentine |
| Regimental Number | | 2659 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: William Valentine.
West Australian: slightly wounded Goldplaats.
B5204: farmer born 1881 Wentworth NSW next of kin in Hay.
URL1: slightly wounded at Coudplaats.
URL3: returned per 'Aurania' 5.1902.
URL4: in Draft for IBC sailing from Sydney per 'Ranee' c22.3.1901.
URL5: WB CAMPER photo photo amongst No. 2 Sqn. NSW Drafts c3.1901.
URL6: Troopers KILGOUR, CAMPER, BELL, GRIFFITHS, HAYES, CRADDOW and MCKINNON, returned South African soldiers, were welcomed home at a smoke concert at Hay NSW on 10.6.1902.
URL7: 'The Ranee Lyre.' — We have been shown a small journal entitled 'The Ranee Lyre,' which Mr. Willie CAMPER, one of the Hay volunteers who sailed in the Ranee to South Africa, sent to his mother. It is in four parts, and was compiled during the voyage, and published when the troops reached Capetown. It was edited by the Rev. HC FOREMAN, chaplain to the forces. The editorial notes are of first-class quality, and the tone of the paper shows that the soldiers were a very jolly, good-natured, and loyal crew.
URL8: Citizen's Welcome to Returned Soldiers. Complimentary Smoke Concert. On Monday evening [16.6.1902], at Tattersall's Hotel, Troopers J HAYES, W CAMPER, L BELL, W GRIFFITHS, E CADDOW, J MCKINNON and B KILGOUR were publicly welcomed home at a smoke concert. These young men recently returned by the steamship Aurania and reached Sydney on the day that the news of peace having been proclaimed reached our shores. At the invitation of our worthy Mayor (Ald. GIBSON) they on Monday night attended at the smoke concert arranged in their honor.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 151
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 14.8 & 14.9.1901
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204 folder 12A
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 17.8.1901
Barrier Miner: Barrrier Miner newspaper date(s) 14.8.1901
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 31.5.1902
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 22.3 1901
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 23.3.1901 & 28.6.1902
RTHS&JWC: Riverina Times, Hay Standard & Journal of Water Conservation (Hay NSW) newspaper date(s) 4.7.1901
RTHS&JWC: Riverina Times, Hay Standard & Journal of Water Conservation (Hay NSW) newspaper date(s) 19.6.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21265466 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44316185 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71524481 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1344260 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71465094 | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71525703 | | External Link URL7 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article144657148 | | External Link URL8 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article144657513 |
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