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hi all it has been long discussed in the family that great grand father had a silk map of south africa of mainly  orange free state and transval and had it with him the whole time while in south africa
trooper edgar clarence spender
3 bushmen contingent of south australia
i was wandering if the army would have issued it to him as standard  army issue .
I have rang canberra but they said they have know idea .
i rang australian boer war memorial in sydney and they know nothing .
Has any one seen one i  would like to know what it looked liked and the details

thank you in advanced
regards
debra

Hi everyone i am looking for a ggrand father boer service medals. He inlisted into the army  feb 1900 left for South Africa in march.  Taken prisoner 18/8/1900.
name         Edgar Clarence SPENDER
unit            3 bushmen contingent
rank            trooper
service #     16
I am after what medals he would have been awarded the originals have been lost, a family member said they remember 4.
I have rang canberra   (awm) they advised me that all records were sent to the relevent states to be stored because of being pre federation  State records are ment to have them but they say they have no records of them. National archives cant help me  either . I have rang head office of the RSL and they said they would have no idea. I have  a list of the unit and names of the fellow  men in his unit and am resorting to ringing them to find out which medals they received , but could not bee 100% correct
Any help  would be very appreciated
regards debra

hi
if you are referring to the Australian Electoral Roll  here is South Australia they are  in the State Library  not my local library they hold all states 
They state name of person address and their occupation  only of  the people who  are at voting age   21 and older  Here in australia in the 1970's they changed the age limit of voting to 18 .
regards debra

Hi all i have recently finished my one surname search of my family name Thurlbourn.
So for all the help on the free sites that i have received have decided to repay the favour . Now that i have hours upon hours each night to spare have decided to help out and do some transcribing for UK free bmd am so so so excited was wandering  if any other RC peeps have done this.Have got a few writing books on old style hand writing  and a book on calligraphy and  the people from free bmd very helpful.
i know the law only transcribe what you see do not presume or correct (Lonbum is Lonbum even if you know they ment London)
regards debra from oz      

Thank you Newf