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Australians
in the Boer War
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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 | | GELLAN |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William |
| Regimental Number | | 484 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: slightly wounded at Katdoombult Farm 5.8.1901.
West Australian: slightly wounded at Koppiesfontein.
B5172: next of kin in Denny Stirlingshire Scot.
URL2: awaiting passage to Eng. when 5QIB returned to Aust.
URL3: recently sold Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, wounded in action, 5 clasps (CC OFS Tvl SA01 & SA02), to " 484 Pte W GELLAN, QUEENSLAND I.B." E/K to 6 o'clock position. Pte William GELLAN enlisted for South Africa 2.3.1901. To Petersburg for operations with Plummer's Force near Oliphant's River, Pretoria & Carolina. WIA Katdoombult Farm August 1901. With research notes. NEF (P)
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 503
Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) 8
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 14.8.1901
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 16.5.1902
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1431
| | 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 | | www.statusint.com/result_militaria.php?id=117 |
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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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