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| Surname | | COUSENS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Harry Richmond |
| Regimental Number | | 245 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
B5172: c/- Toowoomba Qld.
Smith2: Doyle's Scouts/6QIB King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps.
URL2: photo #245.
Source:# 1061 born 1877 in Barnsley Yorks. Eng., family emigrated from London to Brisbane aboard the "Roma" in 1886 and settled around Toowoomba, after the Boer War Harry eventually settled around Ingham Qld. and was a cane farmer from 1930s to 1960s, he died there in 1963 aged 85 and is buried in the New Ingham Cemetery.
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| Source References | |
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 484
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 11
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1061
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| External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf |
| External Link URL2 | | newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528966?zoomLevel=2 |
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