Letter to T.B. Wemyss |
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| Title : | Letter to T.B. Wemyss |
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| Creator : | Spencer, William Frederick | ||
| Source : | Spencer, William Frederick, D 4010/1(L) | ||
| Date of creation : | 1901 | ||
| Format : | Letter | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Letter written by Sgt W.F. Spencer, Fourth Imperial Bushmen's Contingent, 24 January 1901 on active service to T.B. Wemyss, Adelaide, describing experiences while on active duty with the South Australian Imperial Bushman's Contingent in South Africa. |
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| Coverage year : | 1901 |
| Period : | 1884-1913 |
| Further reading : | Austin, Ronald J. The Australian illustrated encyclopedia of the Zulu and Boer wars, McCrae, Vic. : Slouch Hat Publications, c1999 Chief of Army/Australian War Memorial History Conference, (1999 : Canberra, A.C.T.). The Boer War : army, nation and empire / the 1999 Chief of Army/Australian War Memorial Military History Conference ; edited by Peter Dennis and Jeffrey Grey, Canberra : Dept. of Defence, Army History Unit, 2000 Field, L. M. The forgotten war : Australia and the Boer War, Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1995 Haydon, AP. 'South Australia's first war', Historical studies, Australia and New Zealand, vol. 11, no. 42 (April 1964), p. 222-233 Wallace, Robert L. The Australians at the Boer War, Canberra : Australian War Memorial [and] Australian Government Publishing Service, 1976 Wilcox, Craig. Australia's Boer War : the war in South Africa, 1899-1902, South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press in association with the Australian War Memorial, 2002 |
| Internet links : | Australian Light Horse Association Events of 1901: The South African War [National Archives, UK] Landforces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth See: Wars: Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 Queenslanders in the South African War, 1899 - 1902 [State Library of Queensland] Queenslanders on the Veldt : A Virtual Exhibition [State Library of Queensland] |
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