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Tasmanian Soldiers



Eighth Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tasmania)
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Departed: May 21, 1902
Returned: July 28, 1902



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[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

ABEL          Sidney                    Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
ADAMS         George Edgar              Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
ANDERSON      Alexander                 Lance-Corporal          No. 4 Troop (West Coast); Paid Rank
ANDERSON      James Charles             Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
BADCOCK       Edward                    Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
BADKIN        Ernest Albert             Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
BAILEY        Harry                     Shoeing-Smith           No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
BATEMAN       Charles                   Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
BEAR          Joseph                    Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
BECK          Percy Isaac               Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
BERRY         William                   Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)

[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

BEZETTE       George Robert             Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
BLAIR         Arthur Vernon             Bugler                  No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
BOYD          William                   Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
BREEN         George                    Corporal                No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
BROCK         Clarendon                 Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
BROWN         Henry George              Captain                 Battalian Staff; Paymaster; Also for 6th Battalion
BROWN         Stanley John              Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
BULL          Benjamin                  Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
BURDON        Erenest Theodore John     Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
BURNETT       Robert Alexander          Lance-Corporal          No. 2 Troop (Launceston); Paid Rank
CHAPLIN       William Wenton            Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)

[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

CHILLCOTT     Walter Theodore           Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
CLARKE        Aubrey                    Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
CLARKE        Kenneth                   Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
CONNELL       William Anderson          Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
COOPER        Henry                     Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
COTTON        Adam Jackson              Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
CRAWFORD      John                      Sergeant                No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
CROOKS        John                      Lance-Corporal          No. 1 Troop (Hobart); Paid Rank
CROSBY        Edward Barclay            Sergeant                No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
CRUICKSHANK   Maynard Hayes             Lieutenant              No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
CUTHBERT      Joseph Henry              Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)

[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

DALTON        Alfred Ernest             Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
DAVIS         Oscar Stephen             Lance-Corporal          No. 4 Troop (West Coast); Unpaid Rank
DAWES         Reuben Thomas             Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
DAWKINS       John Charles Allen        Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
DOBBIE        Robert                    Lance-Corporal          No. 1 Troop (Hobart); Paid Rank
DOUGLAS       Rupert Oswald             Lance-Corporal          No. 1 Troop (Hobart); Unpaid Rank
DRAKE         Thomas Percy              Shoeing-Smith           No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
EDMUNDS       William Thomas            Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
EMERY         Percy                     Corporal                No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
FACY          Cecil Clyde               Corporal                No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
FARRAR        Julian Gordon Knowles     Lance-Corporal          No. 1 Troop (Hobart); Unpaid Rank

[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

FEATHERSTONE  Percy George              Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
FITZALLEN     Harold Herbert            Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
GABY          Reginald Wigmore          Sergeant                No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
GARDAIN       William                   Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
GILL          Archibald John            Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
GILL          Francis Morris            Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
GOOD          David Hector              Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
GOODCHILD     Louis Phillip             Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
GRIFFITHS     Clarence Lorenzo          Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
GRUBB         Frederick                 Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
HART          Richard John              Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)

[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

HAWKES        William Richard           Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
HEADLAM       George Arthur Bayles      Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
HEARNE        John Edward               Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
HINDS         William Robert            Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
HINKLEY       Thomas                    Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
HOLLOWAY      Frank                     Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
HOWARD        Thomas Arthur             Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
HUGHES        Noel Thomas               Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
JOHNS         John Charles              Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
JOHNSTONE     Leonard                   Saddler                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
JUDGE         Poyntz                    Lance-Corporal          No. 2 Troop (Launceston); Unpaid Rank

[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

KEMSLEY       George William            Lieutenant              No. 2 Troop (Launceston); Previously served in 2nd Tasmanian Contingent    
KNIGHT        Alfred                    Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
KREBS         William Patrick           Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
LAIRD         James                     Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
LANE          John Russell              Shoeing-Smith           No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
LEE           Walter Percy              Quartermaster-Sergeant  No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
LITTLEJOHN    Mervyn James              Corporal                No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
MARSTEN       John Francis              Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
MARTIN        Alfred Christopher        Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
MATHEWS       Percy Montford            Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
McDONALD      James Anderson            Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)

[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

McDONALD      William                   Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
McINTEE       Francis                   Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
McPHERSON     Herbert                   Bugler                  No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
MILLER        Edgar Harold Christopher  Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
MITCHELL      William Albert            Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
OGILVY        Kenneth Arthur            Captain                 Squadron Officer
OLIPHANT      Harold William            Lance-Corporal          No. 3 Troop (North Coast); Unpaid Rank
OSBORNE       F.W.                      Major                   Battalion Staff; Second in command
PADMAN        Clive                     Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
PARKER        Robert                    Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
PEARMAN       John                      Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)

[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

PECK          Arthur Frederick          Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
PERGER        Alfred Garnett            Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
PHILLIPS      Percy George              Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
PICKETT       Frederick Albert          Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
PILKINGTON    William Charles           Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
PITT          Arthur Henry              Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
PORTER        Clarence Hedley           Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
POWER         Patrick                   Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
PRATT         John Courtney             Farrier-Sergeant        No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
PRIOR         Percy                     Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
PROCTOR       William                   Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)

[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

RICHARDS      Reuben                    Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
SAUNDERSON    Thomas                    Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
SHEPHERD      John                      Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
SHEPHERD      Joseph                    Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
SIBLEY        Walter                    Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
SIMMONDS      William John              Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
SMITH         William Henry             Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
SMITH         William Thomas            Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
SMYTHE        Alan Blackmore            Sergeant                No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
STAPLES       George Lyndon             Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
STEPHENS      Edward William            Lieutenant              No. 3 Troop (North Coast); Previously served in the 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen with the 3rd Contingent    

[Top]          SOLDIER'S NAME             RANK                         COMMENTS

STEWART       John Alexander            Lance-Corporal          No. 3 Troop (North Coast); Paid Rank
STEWART       John Charles              Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
TAYLOR        George                    Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
TEAGUE        Hugh                      Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
TYLER         George                    Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
TYNAN         Michael                   Corporal                No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
UMFREVILLE    Gilbert Fraser            Private                 No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
WALKER        Alfred                    Sergeant-Major          No. 1 Troop (Hobart)
WALTERS       William James             Private                 No. 3 Troop (North Coast)
WHITE         Frank Sandberg            Private                 No. 2 Troop (Launceston)
WILLS         John                      Private                 No. 4 Troop (West Coast)
WILSON        Benjamin Arthur           Corporal                No. 3 Troop (North Coast)



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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