From the Maitland Mercury report:
Before Anzac troops landed at Gallipoli and earned the Digger title was a war in South Africa – the Boer War – the first conflict Australia saw as a nation.
Etched in stone at Maitland Park is the name Osborne Alexander Chilcott, great uncle to Rae Williams, one of a strong Lower Hunter contingent. This year marks the 110 years since the war finished with the treaty of Vereeniging.
Full article by Sam Norris available at Maitland Mercury, 25 May, 2012.
