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Australians
in the Boer War
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Full Record
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 | | DEVON |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Robert |
| Regimental Number | | 389 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 6th West Australia Mounted Infantry |
| State | | WA |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Lance Corporal 21.12.1901.
Source:# 343 Collie WA miner born in NSW.
URL1: returned per 'Columbian' 4.1902.
URL2: Roll of Honour, DEVON - In loving memory of Jack DEVON, killed in action at Pozieres, 6.8.1916 aged 25 years; Robert, brother of above, killed in action somewhere in France 9.8.1917, aged 39 years (also served in South Africa); sons of J and S DEVON WA. Some day, some time, our eyes shall see the faces we love so dearly. Inserted by their ever-loving mother, brother, and sister, Jim, and Mrs. L ANNISLEY, Collie, WA.
URL3: WW1 AIF Pte. 2648 6th Reinforcements for 48Bn. Robert DEVON a miner aged 38 in 1916 born in Wallsend NSW, nok wife in Collie WA, 6WAMI S. Africa time expired, killed in action Belgium 9.8.1917, buried in Cabin Hill Cemetery plot 1 just N. of Messines France.
URL4: AWM Roll of Honour - Robert DEVON 2648 Private 48 Battalion Australian Army First World War 1914-1918 killed in action 9.8.1917 in Belgium aged 39, place of association Collie WA, Cemetery or memorial details Cabin Hill Cemetery Messines West-Vlaanderen Belgium.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 427
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 343
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 5.4.1901 & 30.4.1902
NMHMA: Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate newspaper date(s) 6.8.1918
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24744032 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140982069 | | External Link URL3 | | recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3503646 | | External Link URL4 | | www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1725914/ |
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