Over the years 'in my spare time' I have been collecting material on those who served in the Boer War from the Shoalhaven district. Very interested in information on George F. Smith, from Cedar Hill, Tomerong. Bushman's Contingent. Thanks Robyn Florance ---------- > From: Antony Ivan Smith <teca@tunnels.com> > To: AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Tomerong > Date: Tuesday, 8 December 1998 20:19 > > Yes I have a picture of him in uniform on a horse that I will scan as well > as a picture of Robert, George Franklin.in uniform and a Colin Smith who > was killed at Gallipolli > I also have some pictures of Robert and others putting up phone lines in > Tomerong. > I believe that his brother Robert went to South Africa as well, I received a > picture of Robert from James Smith who sent this an inquiry to this news > group, Robert was killed in France. > SMITH Robert J., Capt., M.C. and Bar, 4th Aust. Sig. Div.; son of > William > and Elizabeth Smith, Shoalhaven, NSW; husband of Isabel G. Smith, > 'Wendouree', Leicester-av, Strathfield; b. at Shoalhaven, Aug. 18, 1876; > edu. Shoalhaven; telephone line inspector; enl. Nov. 1915; emb. Jan. 28, > 1916;. War Service: Egypt; France. Accidently killed by horse, July 22, > 1918. > > I will put a package together next week. > Regards. > > Antony > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Blair <rayblair@shoal.net.au> > To: Antony Ivan Smith <teca@tunnels.com> > Date: Sunday, December 06, 1998 9:35 AM > Subject: RE: Tomerong > > > Thank you Antony, > > I do have some information on George Franklin Smith. Specifically; > a.. information from Electoral Rolls, > b.. some references from newspapers on the Literary Society, of > which he was a member, > c.. a newspaper report detailing a letter from him at Mafeking in > 1900, > d.. a report of him returning from the war. > Do you have these details? > > As you can well imagine there are many other Smiths mentioned both > before and after George Franklin. One early settler was a George William > Smith and some reports only mention George Smith (this could be William or > Franklin). Another Smith from Tomerong also went to the war in South > Africa. I would be interested to discover more information about George and > his relatives in Tomerong. Do you have any details? I would be grateful > for any information you can provide, including more specific details on > where you visited in 1991. > > A newspaper report concerning a bushfire in January of 1884 stated > "...Mr George Smith nearly lost his dwelling house and outhouses...". There > is no mention of life lost so perhaps the daughter you mentioned in your > Email may have died for other reasons (or maybe in another fire?). > > Lastly could you scan and Email, or describe in more detail, the photos > you have? Do you have a photograph of George Franklin in his uniform? > > Marg Blair > Tomerong, NSW, Australia > rayblair@shoal.net.au > > ______________________________