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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		COOK
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Edward Christian
Regimental Number		210
Rank		Private
Unit Name		4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: wounded & prisoner of war at Doornlaagte 29.9.1900, escaped to Krugersdorp. Source:# 443 father COOK Omo at Ormiston on Cleveland Line, ?born Torquay Eng. in 1881 & migrated to Qld. in 1883/4 on 'Scottish Hero'. B5172: next of kin in Ormiston Qld. Smith2: Doyle's Scouts/5QIB King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps. URL1: invalided per 'Orient' with gunshot wound, arrived Brisbane 16.1.1901 discharged 23.1.1901 to Ormiston near Cleveland, hit by Mauser bullet 3" below left ear. URL3: photo #210.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 483 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 443 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 10 B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900
External Link URL1		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=679725&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL2		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL3		newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528966?zoomLevel=2

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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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