Item 15 (1) - "A Tasmanian's participation in the 'Forgotten War' (The Boer War)"

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC T6-15 (1)

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"A Tasmanian's participation in the 'Forgotten War' (The Boer War)"

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  • 1983 (Creation)

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1 typed document (16 pages, duplicated).

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Professional writer and journalist with 50 years of published experience. He has many major publications to his credit, most dealing with Tasmanian history, including military. His late father, Reginald Gordon Watson, was a Rats of Tobruk man, his grandfather, Frederick Wentworth Watson, a Trooper of the Second Tasmanian Bushmen, (2TIB), Boer War. His mother was the late Ann Alma, nee Payne. He has four daughters, Kylie, Kate, Elspeth (Elly), Grace and eleven grand children. An ancestor was H.B. Marriott Watson, a famous writer in England. For more information see: https://regwatson.mydrive.me/index.php/About-Reg

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Deposited by President T.S.A.R.S.A. 1970

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Types document donated by the author Reg A. Watson in 1983 entitled "A Tasmanian's participation in the 'Forgotten War' (The Boer War)"

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This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au

When reusing this material, please cite the reference number and provide the following acknowledgement:
“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections”

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HE Mar2019

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