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Any ideas please? 12 years 8 months ago #9183

coldstream Topic Author Offline Moderator Posts: 2056 Thank you received: 215	David, Thanks for the confirmation, I am thinking the small photographs may have been cut out from cigarette cards? Paul djb wrote: I think it is Fighting Mac too. A very sad end to his career as you say. Best wishes David "From a billow of the rolling veldt we looked back, and black columns were coming up behind us."
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Any ideas please? 12 years 8 months ago #9186

djb Offline Administrator Posts: 34280 Thank you received: 5279	Paul, Does it look like the photo is on card? We will have to trawl those cigarette cards once again to see if we can find the same image? In the picture, it looks like the medals have been pinned on rather than mounted. Can you identify the penultimate one which is hanging below the last medal (Khedive Sudan?)? Regards David Dr David Biggins
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Any ideas please? 12 years 8 months ago #9189

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David,
The photo is quite faded so not too sure, I am sure I have seen the Kitchener one on a Ogdens card.

Paul

djb wrote: Paul,

Does it look like the photo is on card? We will have to trawl those cigarette cards once again to see if we can find the same image?

In the picture, it looks like the medals have been pinned on rather than mounted. Can you identify the penultimate one which is hanging below the last medal (Khedive Sudan?)?

Regards
David

"From a billow of the rolling veldt we looked back, and black columns were coming up behind us."

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Any ideas please? 12 years 8 months ago #9196

QSAMIKE Offline Senior Member Posts: 5941 Thank you received: 2051	David...... Just had a look at my cards and in Oosthuizens book and I agree with MacDonald..... Mike Life Member Past-President Calgary Military Historical Society O.M.R.S. 1591
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Any ideas please? 12 years 7 months ago #9516

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Guys
There is a very interesting book on "Fighting Mac" entitled "Death Before Dishonour - the True Story of Fighting Mac" (here we go again) ISBN 0 906391 30 X. It covers his career quite well and does some speculating on his demise. Not to spoil a good read for anyone; but I do sometimes wonder why such a formidable fighting soldier as Mac would go on leave and not carry his service revolver in his kit (they had to buy them themselves in those days) and then do himself in with a privately and presumably locally purchased .320" job. And then there was the funny thing about the funeral timing and the concrete sealing of the grave.
I concluded that "Fighting Mac" was an extremely competent soldier in his day (which was rapidly changing to another form of warfare) - and perhaps it is best left at that.
Perhaps someone can tell me the Sudanese equivalant of "Bayete"? I think it applies.
Regards to all
IL.

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Any ideas please? 12 years 7 months ago #9525

LinneyI Offline Senior Member Posts: 2878 Thank you received: 1712	David Khedive's Star. IL
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