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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		CURTIS
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Matthew
Regimental Number		248
Rank		Private
Unit Name		5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Burridge1: Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps. B5172: next of kin in S. Brisbane Qld. URL2: remained in S. Africa for further service when 5QIB returned to Aust. URL3: The following Queenslanders, who arrived from South Africa in the Columbia, reached Brisbane by the mail train last week [c5.1902], most of them being members of the Fifth Contingent - Lieutenant TUCKER, 268 Sergeant H SMITH, 201 Sergeant BECKETT, 233 Sergeant EGAN, 333 Sergeant RAMSAY, Privates 473 MARSDEN, 868 DAVIS, ARMSTRONG, 600 SWAIN, 147 WALDEN, 356 HODGE, 448 HOHEURN, 411 W JEFFREY, 501 J FOX, 108 MORLEY, 612 MACFARLANE, 92 A PRICE (Sixth Contingent), WALSH, WALLIS, WILSON, 63 BATES, 317 ANDERSON, 186 NEVILL, 407 M COLEMAN, BARLOW, 235 WAKEFIELD, 61 WHITTAKER, 155 PALMER, 309 MARMONT, SMITH, 4 WANZA, 248 M CURTIS, GUILFOYLE, Corporals WESBILL, HARTE and 420 LOSEBY.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 498 Burridge1: John Burridge Military Antiques catalogues date(s) 9/1995 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 16.5.1902 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 24.5.1902
External Link URL1		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL2		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19184287
External Link URL3		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21624231

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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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