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     Allan Cameron was the son of Donald Dubh of Dawnie.

     Rev. Allan Cameron was the son of Donald Charles Cameron and (unknown) Cameron of Letterfinlay.¹ Rev. Allan Cameron died in theWest Indies; of yellow fever, whence he had accompanied his second brother, Donald. He died unmarried.¹

     Allan Ewan Cameron was the son of William Justin Beauchamp Cameron and Elizabeth Patricia Cameron.¹ Allan Ewan Cameron married Beatrice Katharine Huband-Smith, daughter of Rev. E. Huband-Smith, in August 1910 or September 1910 in St. Luke's Church, Toowoomba, Queensland.²

     Angus Cameron was the son of John Cameron and Isabella Kennedy.¹ Angus Cameron emigrated to Australia.¹

     Charles Cameron was the son of Donald Charles Kennedy Cameron and Clara Emily Holme.¹ Charles Cameron died unmarried.¹

     Clare Elizabeth Cameron was born circa 1888.² She was the daughter of William Henry Moore Cameron and Amy Hassall.¹ Clare Elizabeth Cameron married Donald Paterson Baxter on 28 October 1925 in Rangoon, Bengal, India, no issue.^1,2

     Colin Cameron was the son of William Henry Moore Cameron and Amy Hassall.¹ Colin Cameron died unmarried.¹

     Donald Cantrol Cameron was born in 1922.¹ He was the son of Donald Charles Cameron and Isabel Butler.² Donald Cantrol Cameron died on 19 December 1943 in Australia? killed whilst serving as a Leading Aircraftman in the R.A.A.F.¹ and is buried in Plot A. Row B. Grave 11. Rockhampton War Cemetery.¹

     Donald Charles Cameron was born in 1815 in Castle Orgueil, Jersey.¹ He was the son of John Cameron and Isabella Kennedy. Donald Charles Cameron was educated at Edinburgh University.² He married Margaret Anne Moore, daughter of Peter Moore and Marie Francois Adele Serene, on 8 May 1844 in Queen's Town, Berbice, British Guiana. Donald Charles Cameron emigrated in October 1852 to Queensland, Australia, The following year his wife and family followed on the S.S. Great Britain

The Camerons took up Native Creek and later Berremboke stations, north-west of Geelong.^3,4 He died on 25 October 1872 in Home Creek, Barcoo, Queensland, he had become ill and been taken by horse drawn dray to Springsure to consult a German doctor but nothing could be done for him^5,6 and is buried in Home Creek.

     Donald Charles Cameron was born in 1745 or 1746 tradition has it that he was named after Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender) who was staying with his parents the night the child was born. It is also said that he was the Prince's god-son. He was the son of Ewan Cameron of Dawnie or Glen Nevis. Donald Charles Cameron married (unknown) Cameron of Letterfinlay.

     Donald Charles Cameron was the son of William Justin Beauchamp Cameron and Elizabeth Patricia Cameron.¹ Donald Charles Cameron married Isabel Butler.¹ In December 1943 Donald Charles Cameron was living of Rouse Hill, New South Wales.²

     Donald Charles Cameron was the son of Donald Charles Cameron of Barcaldine.¹ Donald Charles Cameron died on 17 November 1891 in Thornhill, Inverness, "late of Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye, last surviving son of the late Donald Charles Cameron of Barcaldine and Foxhall."¹

     Sir Donald Charles Cameron KCMG, DSO was born on 19 November 1879 in Brisbane, Queensland.² He was the son of John Cameron and Sarah Annie Lodge.¹ He was educated at Toowoomba and Brisbane Grammar schools and at 18 became a clerk in the Queensland Meat Export and Agency Co., of which his father was chairman of directors.

In 1899 Cameron went on a tour of Europe and Asia. He was in China during the Boxer Rebellion and after attaching himself to an American infantry regiment which had been dispatched from Manila, accompanied it to Peking. He returned to Australia in 1901, volunteered for service in the South African War, and on 19 March was commissioned lieutenant in the 6th (Queensland Imperial Bushmen) Contingent. He reached Cape Town in May and for the next year participated in patrolling and mopping-up operations in the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony. On 16 June he risked his life to rescue a wounded trooper and was mentioned in dispatches. His unit was disbanded in June 1902.

In 1902-14 Cameron, with his brothers, managed the family property, Kensington Downs, near Longreach, and was involved in their associated pastoral and other business activities. He visited Europe and the United States of America in 1903.³ Sir Donald Charles Cameron KCMG, DSO married Evelyn Stella Jardine on 18 February 1914 in St. John's Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane.² Soon afterwards he toured China and Japan; he had just returned home when World War I broke out. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 30 September and was appointed captain in the 7th Light Horse Regiment; on 17 November he transferred to the 5th L.H.R. and embarked for Egypt in December as second-in-command of 'C' Squadron. From 20 May 1915 until the evacuation his regiment fought as infantry at Gallipoli. Cameron was wounded on 9 June and again, quite severely, on 28 June in the heroic but fruitless attack on Turkish trenches known as the Balkan Gun Pits. This wound was to trouble him for the rest of his life as removal of the bullet which had entered just below his ribs was considered too hazardous.

Cameron was promoted major on 9 September and rejoined his unit in Egypt on 3 January 1916. After serving in the Suez Canal zone he crossed into Sinai in April and for the next ten months commanded his squadron in numerous patrols and skirmishes; he fought in the battle of Romani on 4-5 August. In February 1917 the light horse advanced into Palestine and took part in the battles of Gaza and in operations and patrols in the Wady Ghuzze. Cameron was promoted lieut-colonel on 30 October and took command of the regiment which he led in the attack on Beersheba and the advance on Jerusalem.

In the early months of 1918 he went to England on leave, returning in April to resume command for the offensives against the retreating Turks which ended in their capitulation at Ziza on 30 October. Here Cameron was faced with the task of protecting the enemy force from Allied Bedouin troops while he arranged the surrender. For service in the Palestine campaign he was mentioned in dispatches three times, awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Order of the Nile, and appointed C.M.G. He was an able commanding officer with a gift for obtaining 'machine-like discipline' from his men without having to demand it; morale in his regiment was always high. The writer Ion Idriess, who served under him, remembered him as 'a nuggety chap, not very tall, with a rugged face that (broke) easily into a smile'; in action he was'never flustered' and was a 'cool but a quick thinker'.

After demobilization Cameron returned to Kensington Downs and in 1919-31 represented Brisbane for the National Party in the House of Representatives. Ill health forced his retirement but he was Nationalist member for Lilley in 1934-37; he contested the Senate election in 1937 but was defeated. As a parliamentarian he represented Australia at the League of Nations Assembly in 1923 and sat on the joint select committee on Commonwealth electoral law and procedure in 1926-27. A tireless worker, he always had the interests of ex-servicemen at heart; and in parliament was a leading spokesman for the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia; when a history of the 5th L.H.R. was printed in 1926, he paid the publishing costs and presented a copy to every member of the regiment. He commanded the 14th L.H.R. in 1921-24, was president or patron of many social organizations and hospitaller and almoner of the Order of St John in Australia. He was appointed K.C.M.G. in 1932. In World War II he served as chairman of the New South Wales recruiting drive committee for the Royal Australian Air Force.

After the war Cameron lived in retirement in Sydney and Brisbane and towards the end of his life he and his wife were hospitalized in Brisbane; she predeceased him, as did their only daughter.³ Sir Donald Charles Cameron KCMG, DSO died on 19 November 1960 at the age of 81 and was cremated with Presbyterian forms. In accordance with his wishes his ashes were buried near the grave of his grandfather in the family cemetery on Home Creek station near Barcaldine.^1,2

     Donald Charles Kennedy Cameron was born on 6 October 1857 in Native Creek.^2,3 He was the son of Donald Charles Cameron and Margaret Anne Moore.¹ Donald Charles Kennedy Cameron married Adelaide Arabella Annette Cameron, daughter of Allan Russell Cameron, on 13 June 1883.^4,5 Donald Charles Kennedy Cameron married Clara Emily Holme, daughter of Rev. Thomas Holme and Martha Louisa Maria Zillman, on 20 April 1892 in All Souls, Leichhardt, New South Wales.⁶ Donald Charles Kennedy Cameron died on 28 November 1927 in Queensland at the age of 70.⁷

     Donald Charles Cameron of Barcaldine was born in 1781.² He was the son of Donald Charles Cameron and (unknown) Cameron of Letterfinlay.¹ Donald Charles Cameron of Barcaldine died in 1848.²

     Capt. Donald Colin Cameron was born on 17 January 1827 in Glenelg, Inverness.² He was the son of Ewen Cameron and Mary McIver.¹ Capt. Donald Colin Cameron married Jane Macdonald, daughter of James Thomas Macdonald, on 16 July 1863 in Edinburgh.^1,2 Capt. Donald Colin Cameron died in December 1883 in Tallisker, Syke, at the age of 56.¹

     Donald John Cameron was born on 28 May 1870 in Bracadale, Inverness.² He was the son of Capt. Donald Colin Cameron and Jane Macdonald.¹

     Edith Alfred Cameron was christened on 17 April 1861 at St. Michael, Barbados.¹ She was the daughter of Alexander Gordon Matheson Cameron M.D. and Edith Daly.¹

     Eliza Cameron was born on 7 August 1852.² She was the daughter of Donald Charles Cameron and Margaret Anne Moore.¹ Eliza Cameron died of diptheria on the voyage to Australia. Buried on St. Vincent.¹

     Elizabeth Patricia Cameron is also recorded as Aunt Bea.¹ She married William Justin Beauchamp Cameron.¹ Elizabeth Patricia Cameron was born in 1855. She was the daughter of Donald Charles Cameron and Margaret Anne Moore.¹ Elizabeth Patricia Cameron died in 1951.

     Ewan Cameron of Dawnie or Glen Nevis was the son of Allan Cameron. In 1746 knighted by Prince Charles after the battle of Falkirk. He led the Cameron Clan in the last disastrous Stuart rising.²

     Ewen Cameron was the son of Donald Charles Cameron and (unknown) Cameron of Letterfinlay.¹ Ewen Cameron married Mary McIver, daughter of Rev. Colin McIver and Anne McLeod.² A sheep-farmer in Glenelg and subsequently in Tallisker, Skye.¹

     Ewen Colclough Beauchamp Cameron was born on 7 September 1889 in Queensland.² He was the son of William Justin Beauchamp Cameron and Elizabeth Patricia Cameron.¹ Ewen Colclough Beauchamp Cameron died on 11 June 1950 in Queensland at the age of 60.³

     Ewen Donald Charles Cameron was born on 7 June 1864 in Bracadale, Inverness.² He was the son of Capt. Donald Colin Cameron and Jane Macdonald.¹

     Ewen Cameron M.D. was born in Castle Orgueil, Jersey.² He was the son of John Cameron and Isabella Kennedy.¹ In 1849 he was in Berbice for he sent a sample of Urari (curare) poison in a gourd to Edinburgh University.³ Ewan Donald Cameron, holds a junior post on one of the estates of the Hon. V.A. Wolseley, in Demerara.⁴ Ewen Cameron M.D. died s.n.p.¹

     Garfield Cameron married Michael ? Mabel Sissons.¹

     Dr. Gavin Holme Cameron was born on 7 April 1893 in Toowoomba, Queensland.² He was the son of Donald Charles Kennedy Cameron and Clara Emily Holme.¹ Dr. Gavin Holme Cameron married Mary Agatha Fitzgerald on 17 February 1920 in Brisbane Dr. Gavin Holme Cameron died on 7 August 1951 in Brisbane at the age of 58.⁴

     Helen Patricia Cameron was the daughter of William Justin Beauchamp Cameron and Elizabeth Patricia Cameron.¹ Helen Patricia Cameron died unmarried.¹

     Isabella Cameron was the daughter of William Justin Beauchamp Cameron and Elizabeth Patricia Cameron.¹