Trooper Louis Francis John Lette - Home Newspaper Accounts

Trooper Louis Francis John Lette - Home Newspaper Accounts

TROOPER LETTE. SCOTTSDALE, Monday. On Friday Lieutenant Downie, of the local defence force, received a post card from Trooper L. F. Lette, dated June 21, notifying his arrival, all well, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and being under immediate orders for the front the same night. I may state the post card is quite a work of art, having printed thereon the portraits of three dusky maidens, a bullock wagon on the trek, and other like embellishments. Examiner, Launceston, 7 Aug 1900, p6

ANOTHER TASMANIAN DEAD. TROOPER LETTE. LONDON, Oct. 27. Trooper Louis Francis Lette, a Tasmanian member of the Imperial Bushmen's contingent, has succumbed to enteric fever at Pretoria. HOBART, Saturday. His Excellency the Administrator received a cablegram from Sir Alfred Milner today, stating that Trooper L. F. J. Lette, of the Tasmanian quota of the Imperial Australian contingent, died at Pretoria from enteric fever on the 18th inst. Trooper Lette's father is a resident of Penguin, and has been communicated with by the Premier. Lette was 29 years of age. Examiner, Launceston, 29 October 1900

The Tasmanians.

DEATH OF TROOPER L. LETTE.

London, Friday Night— Trooper L. F. J. Lette, Scottsdale (4th contingent), died of enteric fever at Pretoria on October 18. The deceased soldier was the son of W. D. Lette, of Penguin, and brother of Trooper A. D. Lette, who went with the first contingent from Penguin. On Saturday afternoon Major Brown, of Ulverstone, received a telegram from the Premier asking that his sincere condolences be conveyed to the father of deceased trooper. The North Western Advocate and Emu Bay Times, 29 October 1900, p3

DEATH OF PRIVATE LETTE. SCOTTSDALE, Friday. Much regret has been expressed at the news of the death in South Africa of Louis F. Lette, who joined the contingent from this place. Deceased was a very quiet, unassuming young man, and was well and favourably known in the district. Examiner, Launceston, 3 November 1900, p10

LATE TROOPER LETTE - Trooper Lette, of the Bushmen's contingent, in a letter written just prior to his death, which resulted from fever, mentioned the work of the Tasmanians, most of which has already been reported in these columns. The Tassies had been in numerous skirmishes, some of which proved very lively. They lost several horses, and Trooper Littlejohn, who went from Launceston, had his mount shot from under him. Not far from Pretoria, eight of the Tasmanians-viz., Captain Lewis (in charge), Bugler W. Ward (Hobart), R. Wyatt (Dunorlan), F. Davis (Deloraine), G. Douglas (Hobart), W. Campbell (Queenstown), H. Lette (Scottsdale), and Lieutenant Walter (West Coast) held a hill for nearly an hour until reinforcements arrived. The Boers were almost all round them, and the heavy guns just arrived in time.

SCOTTSDALE, Monday. An "In Memoriam" service was held on Sunday by the Rev. W. H. Taylor out of respect to the late Trooper L. F. Lette, who died recently in South Africa. Upwards of a dozen volunteers, under Lieutenant Downie, attended, and more would have been present but for want of uniforms. The reading desk was covered, with flags, draped with black and floral wreaths, and appropriate hymns were sung. The rev. gentleman took his text from II Timothy, ii, 3 "A good soldier of Jesus Christ" and delivered a very able address to a large congregation. Examiner, Launceston, 21 Nov 1900, p6