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From: Carren Kaston <>
Subject: Re: [AVNE] AUS-VIC-NE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 42
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:17:19 -0500
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Dear Peter,

Thank you very much for checking this database of men who fought in the
Boer War. Apparently the whole business of being in the Army in
Australia is quite complicated. An archivist at the National Archives
of Australia (Melbourne), where they hold the pre-1901 records, was
telling me that men "raised" from a land-holding such as Bowna could
have been absorbed into the Australian colonial army. But they could
also have gone on their own to South Africa and fought there -- on
EITHER side. They could also have beeen absorbed into the British
army. Do you think that in the two latter cases, the man would be
included in the database you consulted? That is, how super-complete is it?

Two other possibilities are that Mr. Bonat could have been a
professional soldier, but not fought in any wars, or that he could have
fought in the Boxer Rebellion, or even in the earlier Sudan War.

The archivist is going to try and check out some of these possibilities
for me. However, his wife delivered a baby earlier than anticipated, so
he took some time off.

Best, Carren

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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:29:36 +1100
From: "Peter Ross" <>
Subject: Re: [AVNE] BONAT in Bowna
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Hi Carren,

Have checked the following for variations of BONAT and BOWNA...

http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/ozb_idx4.htm

It is looking very likely that Mr Bonat did not enlist for the Boer War in
Australia, isn't it?

Cheers,
Peter R


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carren Kaston" <>
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Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 7:47 PM
Subject: [AVNE] BONAT in Bowna

> Dear Peter Ross and all,
>>
>> I saw in another listserv a query from someone who asked, "Does someone
>> have the QLD records who wouldn't mind doing a look-up?" The person had
>> been unable to find anything in the Birth/Marriage/Death registers.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what the QLD records are? And does anyone on this
>> listserv have those records and would someone be willing to check them
>> for the Mr. Bonat for whom I am searching? If so, please let me know
>> and I will summarize the information we know about him.
>>
>> Thank you very much!
>>
>> Best,
>> Carren (Kaston)
>> Washington, DC USA
>
>
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