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South Australian Soldiers



Second (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Contingent
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Departed: January 26, 1900
Returned: May 12, 1901




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[Top]         SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                       COMMENTS

ALDRIDGE     George Richard             Trooper                    Promoted to Lance-Corporal
ALLAN        Thomas Howard              Sergeant                   Attached
ALLAN        W.                         Lieutenant                 Queen's Medal with clasps
BAIL         Henry                      Trooper                    Promoted to Lance-Corporal
BARNETT      Samuel                     Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 17/12/1900
BARTLETT     Francis                    Trooper                    Died of fever at Pretoria 26/12/1900
BATESON      Frederick Westbrook        Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
BELT         Francis Walter             Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
BICKFORD     William John               Veterinary-Lieutenant      Voyage only; Also with the 4th Imperial Bushmen Contingent
BLUE         Sinclair                   Trooper                    Promoted to Lieutenant with the 6th South Australian Contingent
BOSTOCK      Robert Vernon              Trooper                    Promoted to Sergeant
BROCK        Denzil William             Corporal                   Promoted to Lieutenant with the 5th South Australian Contingent

[Top]         SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                       COMMENTS

BROWN        Herbert Woolmer            Trooper                    Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 16/4/1901; D.C.M.
BURFORD      George                     Shoeing-Smith               ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
BUTLER       Charles Philip             Corporal                    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
CAMPBELL     Donald Angus               Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 10/8/1900
CAMPBELL     John Angus                 Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
CARTER       Thomas James               Farrier-Sergeant            ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
CARTER       William Daniel             Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
CASTINE      Claude Clement             Lance-Corporal             Promoted to Sergeant
CLARKE       James Gregory              Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
COFFEY       Maurice James              Lance-Corporal             Promoted to Corporal
COOK         William Arthur             Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
COON         John A.                    Trooper                    Promoted to Lance-Corporal

[Top]         SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                       COMMENTS

CORPE        Hugh Robertson             Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
CROUCHER     Joseph Erskine             Trooper                    Severely wounded near Pretoria 4/6/1901
CUTTLE       William George             Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
DAVIES       Albert Charles William     Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
DAYMAN       Arthur Shorer              Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
DE PASSEY    William                    Regimental-Sergeant-Major  Promoted to Lieutenant 13/3/1901; Commanded the South Australian Squadron with the 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse; Queen's Medal with 7 clasps    
DOCHRELL     John                       Sergeant                   Promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant
DOUGLAS      James                      Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
EVANS        Edward James               Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
FAY          Francis Xavier             Sergeant                    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
FERBRACHE    Charles                    Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
FETCH        Hubert Harry               Trooper                    Promoted to Corporal; Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 16/4/1901

[Top]         SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                       COMMENTS

FLORENCE     James                      Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
FRANCIS      Henry Ernest               Quartermaster-Sergeant     Promoted to a commission for service with the 5th and 6th South Australian Contingents
GOODALL      George Henry               Farrier-Sergeant           Promoted to Farrier Quartermaster-Sergeant
GOODE        Stanley Livingstone        Lance-Corporal             Promoted to Corporal
GORDON       Leonard William            Trooper                    Obtained a commission in the Imperial Army
GOSSE        William Hay                Trooper                    Obtained a commission in the Imperial Army
GROSSER      Charles Alex. Constantine  Corporal                   Promoted to Sergeant
HALLIDAY     William Arthur             Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 10/8/1900
HAMILTON     Reginald Alexander         Trooper                    Promoted to a commission for service with the 5th and 6th South Australian Contingents
HANCOCK      Edmund Joseph              Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
HARDY        George Lawrence            Trooper                    Died of enteric at Bloemfontein 4/6/1900
HAWKER       Henry Colley               Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

[Top]         SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                       COMMENTS

HENDERSON    Leo Morphett               Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
HILLMAN      Alfred Stanley             Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
HORNE        William Bannister          Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
HUMPHRIS     Joseph Francis             Lieutenant                 Promoted to Captain 1/7/1900; Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 16/4/1901; D.S.O.; Queen's Medal with 5 clasps
HUSKISSON    Arthur Frederick           Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
JENNER       Edward                     Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
JERMYN       Frederick David            Lieutenant                 Medical Staff; Promoted to Captain 3/4/1900; Army Medical Corps (New South Wales) Commonwealth Contingent
JONES        Philip                     Trooper                    Promoted to Corporal
KNAPMAN      Leonard                    Sergeant                   Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 14/4/1901; D.C.M.
LANGLEY      Edgar John Flynn           Sergeant                   Promoted to Lieutenant with the 5th South Australian Contingent
LEE          Arthur John                Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 10/8/1900
LOLLER       James Leslie               Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

[Top]         SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                       COMMENTS

LOWE         Percy Thomas               Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 10/8/1900
LYNCH        George Herbert             Lieutenant                 Queen's Medal with clasps
LYNSKEY      Michael Frank              Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MACAULEY     Anlay Babington            Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MAKIN        Frank Humphrey             Trooper                    Promoted to Corporal
MALCOLM      Wilfred Walter             Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MARSDEN      Thomas Bradshaw            Trooper                    Died of pneumonia at Britstown 5/4/1900
MARSHALL     Edward Sherman             Trumpeter                  Died of fever at Pretoria 17/6/1901
McINERNEY    William                    Trooper                    Promoted to Corporal
MILLAR       James Hay                  Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MOORE        Albert Walter              Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MORRANT      Henry Horland              Lance-Corporal             (could be "BREAKER" MORANT)

[Top]         SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                       COMMENTS

MORROW       John Henry                 Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MORTON       Daniel                     Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MOUNSEY      John                       Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 27/10/1900
NAPIER       Archibald George           Corporal                    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
NEWBOLD      Hartlet Herman             Shoeing-Smith              Promoted to Corporal
NEWLAND      Victor Mara                Trooper                    Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 16/4/1901; D.C.M.
NOBER        William Sterling           Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
NORDMANN     Wilfred G.R.P.             Trooper                    Promoted to Corporal; Lieutenant with 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse
NUNNELEY     Wilfred Alexander          Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 12/4/1901
NUTTALL      Ramsay                     Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 28/2/1901
OGILVY       Harry Lort S.B.            Trooper                    Promoted to Sergeant; Lieutenant with 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse; Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 16/4/1901; D.C.M.
PETHER       William Henry              Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 28/2/1901

[Top]         SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                       COMMENTS

PETTITT      Percival Arthur Charles    Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
PFLAUM       Frederick Conrad           Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 19/11/1900
PRESS        William Joseph             Sergeant-Major             Promoted to Lieutenant 15/5/1900; Queen's Medal with clasps
RANKINE      Peter Bruce                Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
READ         James                      Sergeant                   Promoted to Sergeant-Major
READE        Charles James              Captain                    Commanding Officer; Promoted to Major 7/6/1900; Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 16/4/1901; C.B.; Queen's Medal with 6 clasps
REIDY        James                      Trooper                    Promoted to Sergeant
RICHARDSON   Thomas Walker              Shoeing-Smith               ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
ROBSON       Horace Daniel              Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
ROWELL       Frank Milton               Lieutenant                 Promoted to Captain 31/3/1901 and served until the war ended; Queen's Medal with 5 clasps; King's Medal with 2 clasps
ROWELL       Thomas Hubert              Lance-Corporal              ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
SANDERS      Frank Gordon               Trooper                    Obtained a commission in the Imperial Army

[Top]         SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                       COMMENTS

SHEPHERD     John                       Saddler                    Promoted to Corporal
SIMPER       Hector                     Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
SKINNER      Thomas Nixon               Shoeing-Smith               ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
SOBELS       Oscar Carl                 Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
SOLLY-FLOOD  Frederick Frere            Corporal                   Promoted to Lieutenant in the South African Light Horse
STOCK        Alfred Douglas             Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
STOYEL       William Gilbert            Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
TAVERNOR     George                     Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
TAYLOR       Alfred                     Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
TOLMER       Herbert Alexander          Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 17/12/1900; Promoted to Lieutenant with the 5th South Australian Contingent
TOLMER       James Douglas              Trooper                    Promoted to a commission for service with the 5th and 6th South Australian Contingents
TOSELAND     William James              Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

[Top]         SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                       COMMENTS

WALKER       Reginald C. Henderson      Trooper                    Promoted to Lance-Corporal; Lieutenant with 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse
WALTER       George Joseph Ristall      Lieutenant                 Promoted to Captain 31/3/1901 and served until the war ended; Queen's Medal with 5 clasps; King's Medal with 2 clasps
WARD         William Henry              Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WAUCHOPE     Leslie Alexander           Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WAY          James                      Trooper                    Obtained a commission in the Imperial Army
WEBB         Edward Dugald              Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WEBB         Robert Dutton              Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WHITE        Robert                     Corporal                   Invalided to Australia arriving 10/8/1900
WILLIAMS     Frank                      Trooper                    Invalided to Australia arriving 28/2/1901
WOOD         Richard Edward             Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WORMLEIGHTON Frederick                  Trooper                     ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WRIGHT       Allen O'Halloran           Trumpeter                   ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....



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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