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PoW numbers for Commonwealth Contingents 4 years 11 months ago #67428

azyeoman Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 524 Thank you received: 371	Does anyone know if there were any PoWs for the Australian, Canadian, Indian and New Zealand contingents? Numbers, actions/battles and names would be most welcome. Thank you in advance, John
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PoW numbers for Commonwealth Contingents 4 years 11 months ago #67430

LinneyI Offline Moderator Posts: 2780 Thank you received: 1621	John Laurie Field's "The Forgotten War" includes an Appendix D; which has a listing of men "Captured by the Enemy" - Australian Contingent 5 officers 99 Men Canadian Contingent 1 officer 20 Men New Zealand Con't 2 officers 35 Men A good place to start looking for Contingents, actions etc would be SAFF. Regards IL. The following user(s) said Thank You: azyeoman
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PoW numbers for Commonwealth Contingents 4 years 11 months ago #67432

azyeoman Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 524 Thank you received: 371	Thank you very much. I'll definitely pick up a copy. Cheers, John
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PoW numbers for Commonwealth Contingents 4 years 11 months ago #67441

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azyeoman wrote: Does anyone know if there were any PoWs for the Australian, Canadian, Indian and New Zealand contingents? Numbers, actions/battles and names would be most welcome.
Thank you in advance,
John

John, The Register does !

I have put together a quick summary for you: theangloboerwars.blogspot.com/2019/12/po...ial-contingents.html

The Australian researcher Neil Smith published in 2005 a list of Australian national POWs - he has 224 names.

Happy New Year.
Meurig

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The Register of the Anglo-Boer Wars 1899-1902
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PoW numbers for Commonwealth Contingents 4 years 11 months ago #67442

azyeoman Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 524 Thank you received: 371	Hi Meurig, This is great! Thank you so much for sharing this important research! You're a scholar and a gentleman. Happy New Year! John
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