Series 3: Robert L. Wallace research material on the Boer War, [ca. 1971-ca. 1998]

MLMSS 10373/Boxes 8-14
MLMSS 10373/Box 15X

series

[ca. 1971-ca. 1998]

Textual Records, Manuscript Cartographic Materials, Clippings, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9650101

0.8 metres of textual material (4 boxes and 1 outsize box) - manuscript, typescript, printed

BOX 8
1. Copies of original and official documents, held mainly in Public Record Office, including correspondence, extracts from despatches, lists of those killed and wounded and reports, 1900-1902
2. Copies of original and official documents, held mainly in Public Record Office, including Lord Robert’s despatches, proceedings of the Court of Enquiry into conduct of Capt. Thomas, reports from Colonel Hore and Lieutenant Webber, telegrams from Baden-Powell and copies of Boer messages intercepted
3. Copies of original and official documents, held mainly in Public Record Office, regarding Lord Kitchener, Lord Roberts, Thomas, Prince Imperial, Elands River, Lord Methuen
4. Copy of the diary of Frank Brindley, 4th Sherwood Foresters, 7 June 1900-8 May 1901
5. Copy of original roll of A Squadron 1st Regiment Australian Bushmen, owned by Sgt. Major Weir
6. Copy of the diary of No. 2236 Trooper Charles Maxian Penny, “D” Squadron 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles, 11 Feb. 1901-12 June 1902
7. Rough notes

BOX 9
1. Notes, mainly handwritten, taken by Wallace from research material, including Roberts and Kitchener correspondence, letters regarding the Oct. 1899 operation near Ladysmith, 1984
2. Notes, mainly handwritten, taken by Wallace from research material, including correspondence and files on Thomas, Ladysmith, Baden-Powell’s report on the Siege of Mafeking, enquiry into the loss of a convoy and conduct of Capt. Thomas
3. Notes, including on United Services Presidential Board, Colonial Force numbers, Kilpatrick Memorial
4. Notes and references for material on Thomas, Chauvel and Monash, Morant, and Australian nurses in Ladysmith and copies of letters from Imperial Light Horse nurses re medals
5. Rough notes on Kelman and Weir
6. ‘Odd notes’

BOX 10
1-2. “First rough notes on Elands River”
3. Notes on Imperial Light Horse
4. Notes on Imperial Light Horse and Capt. Charles H. Mullins with copies of his letters to his parents, 1899-1900
5-6. Notes, 1972-1973, on Imperial Light Horse and Regimental diary, 1899-1902

BOX 11
1-3. Research notes, handwritten, on the Queensland Contingent to the South African War, 1899-1902
4. Research notes, handwritten, on the Queensland Contingent to the South African War, 1899-1902, including maps, correspondence and a sample of Len Harvey’s manuscript ‘Letters from the Veldt’, 1980-1994
5. Hand-drawn and printed maps of Southern Africa, 1900 and Zulu war maps, 1879

BOX 12
1-3. Rough notes for ‘Queensland at the Front, South Africa 1899-1902’
4. Rough notes and clippings for ‘New South Wales Mounted Rifles’

BOX 13
1. Soldiers’ Graves in the Cape Colony; Newspaper clippings on troopers in South Africa; South African War Graves Board schedule for Gardens of Remembrance, 1968; Cemetery records; Handwritten list of North Sydney Volunteers with photograph of Capt. N. H. Howard, Hon. Captain and President of St Leonards Reserves & Rifle Club, 1888-1897
2. Source notes for article on Private L.C. Hill
3. Copies of letters regarding the graves of Troopers Macleod and Victor Jones of the Queensland Contingent, 1900-1902
4. Copy of the diary of Sergeant Major E.D. Sulivan, 1st I.L.H (handwritten copy 14 Oct-26 Oct. 1899, printed copy 26 Oct.-6 June 1902, handwritten copy 6 June-Sept. 1902)
5. Research notes on P.J. Hancock and Lieut. Harry Morant and their executions; copy of report by Colonel Macleod, Imperial Bushmen New South Wales
6. Research notes on NSW Mounted Rifles, including handwritten and printed copies of diary of Sergeant Major R.D. Fraser, Camden Regiment, Jan. 1900
7. Notes from Western Mail for research on 1st Western Australia Mounted Infantry and Ladysmith research
8. Emails from Bruce Meikle to T. E. Childs with photographs (5) for web site, 1998; cartoon and photographs (2) of the departure of the Britannica for South Africa, 1901; miscellaneous photographs (5) not used for publication

BOX 14
1. Copy of the diary of Philip Yorke Tucker, No. 320 Imperial Light Horse, killed at Wagon Hill 6 Jan. 1900, Oct. 1899-4 Jan. 1900
2. Copies from the Karri-Davies papers, mostly regarding Ladysmith; letters from Geoff Davies
3-6. Sources and references, mainly extracts from printed books and indexes

BOX 15X
Search index cards for ‘Queensland at the Front’

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