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 Message: 3 Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:29:36 +1100 From: "Peter Ross" <rossof@ozemail.com.au> Subject: Re: [AVNE] BONAT in Bowna To: <aus-vic-ne@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <001601c75874$08880110$0401a8c0@acerb13d74b0ac> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original 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" <ckaston@starpower.net> To: <aus-vic-ne@rootsweb.com> 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 > > >