South Australians in the Boer War

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Australian Army Medical Corps (South Australian Contingent)
ship line
Departed: February 11, 1902

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Back (L-R) Miss M.S. Bidmead, Miss A.M. Glenie
Front (L-R) Miss A.B. Stephenson, Miss M.O. Shanahan, Miss ?.A. Watt, Miss A.G. Cocks

The written inscription on the back reads:

"Miss A.M. Glenie - Mrs Bonython, Daughter in Law of Sir Langdon Bonython
and mother of Eric Glenie Bonython"

The two nurses in the back row are listed below and A.M. Glenie
was a great aunt of John Richardson who supplied this photograph.


[Top]        SOLDIER'S NAME           RANK                 COMMENTS

ANGRAVE       Alfred James       Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
AYLIFFE       William Lionel     Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
BIDMEAD       M.S.               Nursing Sister  Travelled to South Africa from Adelaide earlier in the war; Mentioned in despatches in 'London Gazette' 10/9/1901; Royal Red Cross; Devoted Service Cross 26/6/1902    
BLACKWELL     Matthew            Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
CHAMBERLAYNE  Thomas Cecil       Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
DAVIS         William Frank M.   Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
ELPHICK       Harold Edward      Sergeant         ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
GLENIE         ...   ...   ...   Nursing Sister  Travelled to South Africa from Adelaide earlier in the war; Devoted Service Cross 26/6/1902
HARRIS        N.S.               Nursing Sister  Travelled to South Africa from Adelaide earlier in the war; Returned from Cape Town on the transport TONGARIRO 31/3/1901
HIGGS         Ernest Alexander   Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
HOLLYWOOD     Simon John         Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

[Top]        SOLDIER'S NAME           RANK                 COMMENTS

JAMES         Frederick William  Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
JERMYN        Frederick D.       Captain          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
MUIR          Thomas Kerr        Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
NATION        John Boath         Corporal         ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
NEVILLE       Henry Beauchamp    Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
PAYNTER       Oliver Arthur      Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
RULE          Vivian Roland      Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
SMITH         Edward Adolphus    Bugler           ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
STONE         William Ernest     Private          ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
WORTHINGTON   Andrew Leonard     Private         Promoted to Lance-Corporal

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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