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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		CHESHER
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Edward Brown
Regimental Number		333
Rank		Lance Corporal
Unit Name		New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen
State		NSW
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: 'C'Sqn. killed Kameel Poort 2.9.1900. Source:# 236 War Memorial Forbes NSW. B5204: born 1879 Eugowra NSW labourer. Source:# 319 originally buried Kameel Poort reinterred Petronella GoR 1962, War Memorials Forbes & Eugowra. Source:# 517 Queen's South Africa medal and 6 clasps (Jbg. RoM CC OFS Tvl & Rhod.) brother in 'A'Sqn. NSWMR. URL3: Petronella memorial Pte. EB CHESHER QIB died 2.9.1900. Source:# 932 Forbes Services Memorial Club Ltd. NSW - South Africa 1899-1902 memorial CHESHER EB. URL4: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record. URL5: 'C'Sqn. photo #12. URL6: Eugowra NSW, missing 21.9.1900 reported by Boers as killed. URL7: L/Cpl. EB CHESHER missing at Elands R. c9.1900. URL8: In Memoriam from family in Eugowra & Sydney NSW for 'Ted' killed in action at Bland's R. 27.9.1900. URL9: The toasts of 'Our Sister Colonies in South Africa' and 'The Press', having been been duly honored and responded to [9.6.1902], the Chairman [Dr. COX. Mayor of Forbes] proposed 'The Visitors,' coupled with the name of Mr D CHESHER, of Eugowra, who, while sympatheticallv responding, remarked that 'if he had 20 more sons he would sanction their going to uphold the grand old flag'.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 81 204 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 236 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 247 B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 319 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 517 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 932 Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 24.2 & 16.10.1900 C&R Examiner: Clarence & Richmond Examiner newspaper date(s) 11.9.1900 Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 27.9.1901 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1402 MolEx: 21.6.1902
External Link URL1		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2		www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memn0004.php
External Link URL3		public.fotki.com/Hetta/petronella/picture009.html
External Link URL4		bwm.org.au/site/Edward_Chesher.php
External Link URL5		nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5324820
External Link URL6		nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5335257
External Link URL7		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61255009
External Link URL8		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14412219
External Link URL9		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139543438

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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