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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 | | ARMSTRONG |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William Joseph |
| Regimental Number | | 271 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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B5172: next of kin in Southport Qld.
URL2: left behind in hospital at Newcastle with enteric when 5QIB returned to Aust.
URL3: enteric.
URL4: 479 Charles BRYCE, 271 WJ ARMSTRONG & 328 BO SHEPHERD dangerously ill from enteric 23.2.1902.
URL5: dangerously ill with enteric at Charlestown 6.2.1902.
URL6: Casualties. Fifth Queensland Bushmen - Private WJ ARMSTRONG (271), lying ill at Charlestown from enteric, February 9 [1902]; Sergeant JW HARTON (272), lying ill, at Charlestown, from enteric, February 9 [1902]. Sixth Queensland Bushmen - Corporal CJ GREGORY (414), lying ill of enteric at Heilbron, February 9 [1902]. Queensland Bushmen (number of contingent not given) - Private J STONEHAM (496), lying ill at Charlestown, of dysentery, February 9 [1902].
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 499
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 1.3 & 16.5.1902
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 15.2 & 24.5.1902
Bne. Tele.: Brisbane Telegraph newspaper date(s) 22.3.1902
| | 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-article21624250 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19133681 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21620750 | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173975496 |
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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.
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