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Australians
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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 | | FRUS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Andrew Darling |
| Regimental Number | | 466 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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B5172: FR�S next of kin in Sacristan Co. Durham Eng.
URL2: FRUS, one of the League men who went to South Africa with the Cycle Corps, has written to Brisbane, giving some of the experiences of the corps, and sending regards to Ted BERRY and all the boys. The letter is written from 'Prior's Siding, Orange River Colony and another letter comes to Mr. DODWELL, of the Massey Harris Company, -from the same place, written by Artificer GH CLARK. The latter tells how the Queensland Cycle Corps has now quite disappeared. The men were sent out over impossible country, according to this letter, until they became sick and weary of the continual slogging, and threw their machines under the waggons and did everything to get rid of them, and so have horses provided. The way the machines stood it is something wonderful, says CLARK, but the men at last succeeded in their designs, and the magnificent cycle corps of which Bennet BURNLEIGH spoke so enthusiastically is no more.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 503
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 7.10.1901
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19152658 |
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