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In the Sudan Nominal Roll at the AWM site:- Barrett, Arthur Number: 123 Rank: Private Unit: C Company, Infantry Fate: Returned to Australia on 23-06-1885 on board SS Arab Enlistment details: Enlisted on 19-02-1885 at 22 years Embarkation details: Embarked on 03-03-1885 on board SS Iberia Other details: Born in Goulburn, New South Wales. Resided at Goulburn, New South Wales. Unmarried. Religion: Church of England. Occupation: Tailor Notes: Also recorded as Arthur Barratt. Served in NSW Contingent to China 1900-1901
So a search of the China contingent (Boxer Rebellion) might turn up something.
Message for Lorraine keyHello, Re: a message i found posted by Lorraine Key in 2004 requesting information about the Killey family in western Australia! My name is...
There is an article on the AWM site - at the bottom of the page a photograph shows a group of N.S.W. in Khaki active service uniforms.
Walter CountrymanMy great grandfather was Walter Scott Countryman. He died in Yeppoon Queensland Australia May 1956. His entry in the rest register says that he was the child of John...
This site has some Australian uniforms of Boer War vintage (around 1899). Select Australia then Pre WW1 and Boer War. (won't help with the colour though). Browse around there may be something on the Boxer Rebellion.
And here is a reference:- Festburg, Alfred S. and Barry J. Videon: "Uniforms of the Australian Colonies": Hill of Content Publishing: Melbourne, 1971. The Hill of Content bookshop is still there - 86 Bourke St Melbourne 03 9662 9472
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