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South Australian Soldiers



Sixth (South Australian Imperial Bushmen) Contingent
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Departed: April 6, 1901
Returned: April 27, 1902




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[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME              RANK                    COMMENTS

ALEXANDER    John James                   Trooper                Promoted to Corporal
ANGEL        Henry Atcham                 Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
ANGRAVE      Andrew                       Corporal               (also A. ANGROVE listed with the 1st Contingent?)
BAGOT        Christopher George Seymour   Lieutenant             Queen's Medal with clasps
BARRON       Robert Thomas                Trooper                Promoted to Lance-Corporal
BEARE        Harold Egbert                Trooper                Died but date not recorded
BENNEAR      Alfred James                 Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
BIRCHMORE    W.J.                         Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 23/6/1902
BLACK        Ernest Grant                 Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 7/1/1902
BLUE         Sinclair                     Lieutenant             Previously served with 2nd Contingent; Queen's Medal with 4 clasps; King's Medal with 2 clasps
BOYTON       Frederick Ernest             Lance-Corporal          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

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BRANDT       Phillis                      Trooper                Promoted to Corporal; Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 29/7/1902
BRAY         Harry                        Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
BREWER       Ernest Hammond               Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
CARTER       Joel Brien                   Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
CLUES        Herbert Reuben               Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
COCKBURN     Walter                       Corporal               Promoted to Lance-Sergeant
COCKER       Edward John                  Sergeant-Major          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
COLLINS      Frederick Albert             Trooper                Promoted to Lance-Corporal; Invalided to Australia arriving 8/1/1902
CORNISH      Augustus Frederick           Captain                Invalided to Australia arriving 27/11/1901; Queen's Medal with 3 clasps
COSSINS      George Herbert               Lieutenant             Transport Officer; Severely wounded at Rietz 6/6/1901; Queen's Medal with 4 clasps
CROFT        Frederick George             Trooper                (also F.G. Croft with regimental No. 598 listed with 5th Contingent?)

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CULLEN       Wesley John                  Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
DONNELL      Henry                        Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
EVANS        Frederick William            Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 31/5/1901
EWENS        William Reynolds             Trooper                Killed at Standerton 9/6/1901
FAULKNER     Edwin Benjamin               Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
FAWK         George Richard               Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
FLETCHER     George Bailey                Trooper                Promoted to Lance-Sergeant
FOALE        Percy                        Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
FORGAN       Robert Hugh                  Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
FREER        Augustine George             Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 31/5/1901
FROST        Ernest Walter                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

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FRYAR        Walter Ernest                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
FULLER       Albert Ernest                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
GLENN        George                       Trooper                Severely wounded at Rietz 6/6/1901
GLOVER       Alfred James                 Sergeant               Promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant; Invalided to Australia arriving 28/8/1901
GOLDSMITH    Douglas Eard                 Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
GOOCH        Hugh Lowden                  Trooper                Promoted to Sergeant
GRANT        George Porter                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
GROWDEN      Hamley Maynard               Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
GUERIN       Thomas Lawrence              Trooper                Promoted to Lance-Corporal
GULLEY       Richard                      Trooper                Promoted to Corporal; Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 29/7/1902
HALLS        Sappho                       Trooper                Promoted to Lance-Corporal

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HANCOCK      Harold                       Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
HANNAM       Horace Henry                 Trumpeter               ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
HARDER       Franciscus John              Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
HARVEY       Arthur Kenneth Le Rei        Lieutenant             Queen's Medal with 4 clasps
HEFFERNAN    Robertson                    Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
HEHIR        Dennis                       Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
HEMMING      Thomas George                Trooper                Promoted to Lance-Sergeant
HENDERSON    Ernest John                  Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 27/11/1901
HUNT         Sydney                       Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
INGERSON     Sydney                       Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
INGLETON     James                        Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

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JACKMAN      Sydney                       Lance-Corporal         Promoted to Sergeant
JONES        Howard Thomas                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
JORDAN       Harry Eustace                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
JOSEPH       Francis William              Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
KING         Lewis Augustine              Lance-Corporal         Promoted to Sergeant
LATIMER      Robert Turner                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
LEAMEY       David Alexander              Trooper                Promoted to Lance-Corporal
LOCK         Frank Harry                  Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
LOMAS        William Ernest               Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MACDOUGALL   Angus                        Trooper                Promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant
MACFARLANE   Sydney Colin                 Lieutenant             Promoted to Captain; Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 29/7/1902; Queen's Medal with 4 clasps    

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MAIN         Harry George                 Trooper                (also H.G. MAIN, Regimental No. 599 listed with 5th Contingent?)
MALONEY      John Joseph                  Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MANSFIELD    Waldemar Otto C.             Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 31/5/1901
MARSHALL     Albert Edward Charles        Trooper                Killed at Standerton 9/6/1901
MARSHALL     William Percy                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MARTIN       Harold Bernard               Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MATTFIELD    Edward William C. T.         Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MCDONALD     Herbert Ernest               Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MCDONALD     Lewis Beaton                 Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
McNAMARA     John Lewis                   Saddler                Promoted to Corporal-Saddler
MEDLEN       Arthur Edward                Trooper                Promoted to Corporal
MERRY        Morton Peto                  Corporal               Promoted to Sergeant

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MILLAR       James Alexander              Corporal               Promoted to Sergeant
MORTON       Charles                      Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MUNDY        Charles Ebenezer             Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MURRIE       Peter                        Sergeant               Died of fever at Standerton 9/6/1901
MYATT        John Charles                 Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
NELSON       Oscar                        Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 5/11/1901
NICHOLLS     Henry                        Trooper                Slightly wounded at Spitzkop
NOBLETT      George Newman                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
NUNNELEY     Wilfred Alexander            Lieutenant             Previously served with 2nd Contingent; Queen's Medal with 5 clasps; King's Medal with 2 clasps
OLIPHANT     Frank Arnold                 Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
OWEN         Thomas                       Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
O'BRIEN      Peter James                  Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

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PAMIENTER    John Snow                    Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
PARTINGTON   Albert                       Sergeant                ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
PERRY        Alfred James                 Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 27/11/1901
PHILLIPS     J.W.                         Trooper                Fractured collarbone 4/7/1901
PRETTY       Samuel Hainsworth            Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
RANDLE       James Kinnear                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
RANKINE      Arthur Gamell                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
REECE        George William Melrose       Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
REID         Henry D'Arcy                 Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
RIDINGS      Reginald                     Sergeant                ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
ROGERS       R.S.                         Civ. Surgeon           For voyage only
ROWE         Thomas Matthew               Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

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SANGSTER     Cecil Ingham                 Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
SHEPHERD     Stanley                      Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
SIMPSON      Alexander                    Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
SMITH        Harold Tobias                Sergeant               Severely wounded at Rietz 6/6/1901
SOBELS       Richard Julius               Trooper                Severely wounded at Lindley 24/1/1902
SPREECH      Percival Alfred              Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
STEPHENS     Thomas Henry                 Lance-Corporal         Forearm fractured 13/7/1901; Invalided to Australia arriving 7/1/1902
STIRLING     Norman William               Veterinary-Lieutenant  Queen's Medal with 4 clasps
SUMMERS      John Chestnut                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
SWANSON      James Hamilton               Sergeant                ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
TAYLOR       Arthur Gerald                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
TEATE        William David                Trooper                Died but date not recorded

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THOMAS       Percival Armstrong           Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
THOMAS       William Joseph               Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
THOMPSON     Harry                        Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
THORPE       Joseph Prentice              Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 31/1/1902
TUCKER       James Hannam                 Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
TUCKER       Walter George Ewen           Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WADGE        Albert George                Trooper                Promoted to Lance-Corporal
WAITE        William Charles Nightingale  Lieutenant             Previously served with 1st & 3rd Contingents; Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 29/7/1902; Queen's medal with 5 clasps; King's Medal with 2 clasps    
WALKER       John                         Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WALTER       Charles Richard Douglas      Trooper                Killed at Standerton 9/6/1901
WALTER       Nathaniel                    Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WARMINGTON   Kenneth Allen                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

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WARNES       Ernest Edwin                 Trooper                Promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant
WAUCHOPE     Leslie Alexander             Lance-Corporal          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WEBBER       Andrew James                 Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 5/1/1902
WEBSTER      Arthur Edward                Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WELLS        Percy M.                     Corporal               Severely wounded at Rietz 6/6/1901; Invalided to Australia arriving 5/11/1901
WHITTINGTON  James Campbell N.            Trooper                Invalided to Australia arriving 5/1/1902
WIGLEY       John                         Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WILKIE       Charles Gilbert              Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WILLIAMS     Arthur Thomas                Trooper                Severely wounded at Brakenlaagte 30/10/1901; Invalided to Australia arriving 31/1/1902
WILLIAMS     Edwin                        Corporal               Invalided to Australia arriving 7/1/1902
WILLIAMSON   Charles                      Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WILSON       Alfred Henry                 Trooper                 ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....



The information above was extracted and compiled in good faith from the
Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa,
compiled and edited in 1911 by Lieutenant-Colonel P.L. Murray, R.A.A. (Ret.).

Please treat the information with caution
and refer to primary sources for confirmation and further research.


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