Topic: BW - Boer War
South African (Second Boer) War, 1899-1902
Australian Participation - Full Index
Embarkation Roll: STR to SYM
The following is an alphabetical roll of all Australians known members of the many military formations which embarked overseas during the South African (Second Boer) War, 1899-1902.
Each man is detailed on this reference list with the following information:
Service Number;
Rank on Embarkation;
First Names;
Family Name;
If applicable, any false name employed; and,
Service unit.
Notes
Note 1: All soldiers’ names are linked to the specific unit and date when embarkation occurred.
Note 2: There are duplications of some names in the following list. The reason for this is that the soldier embarked on more than one occasion. This was the simplest way of resolving the problem of multiple entries for a single individual.
Embarkation Roll: STR to SYM
Vet. Lieutenant Charles Denniston STRONG, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
55 Private Charles Joseph STRONG, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.
413 Private G STRONG, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
21 Corporal Lewis STRONG, Army Medical Corps, NSW.
31723 Trooper StG STRONG, 2nd Scottish Horse.
403 Corporal Thomas Henry STRONG, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
125 Private William George STRONG, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.
846 Sergeant William Henry STRONG, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant William John Whitley STRONG, 3rd Victorian Bushmen.
615 Private St. Clair STRONGE, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
983 Shoeing Smith Arthur John STROTHER, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australian.
286 Private Thomas STROUD, 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles.
51 Trooper James Thomas STRUCK, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.
202 Trooper Charles Cameron STUART, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
1519 Trooper Charles Gordon Grant STUART, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
21 Private Charles Henry STUART, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
CJ STUART, Kitchener's Horse.
682 Trooper Frederick W STUART, NSW Lancers.
Lieutenant Frederick William STUART, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
106 Private James STUART, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.
141 Private Nathaniel STUART, 5th West Australian Mounted Infantry.
2136 Private Robert Charles Andrew STUART, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.
3614 Lance Corporal William STUART, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.
246 Private William James STUART, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
627 Private William James STUART, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
31539 Trooper Fred Charles Edward STUBBELTY, 2nd Scottish Horse.
1533 Trooper William James STUBBINGS, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
1657 Trooper Ephraim C STUBBS, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
35 Private Gerald Salkeld STUBBS, 2nd West Australian Mounted Infantry.
1754 Sergeant William J STUBBS, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
831 Private William James STUBBS, NSW Imperial Bushmen.
283 Trooper David STUCKEY, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.
HH STUMP, British South African Police.
Corporal STUMP, Border Horse.
133 Private Ernest Robert STUPART, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry.
Captain Alfred Hobart STURDEE, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.
1558 Sergeant Thomas STURGEON, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
487 Private Arthur STURGESS, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
184 Private Frederick William STURGESS, NSW Imperial Bushmen.
185 Private George Herbert STURGISS, NSW Imperial Bushmen.
2853 Gunner And. STURROCK, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.
Scout Lloyd Hill STYLES, British South African Police.
Captain STYLES, British South African Police.
2958 Trooper Clement Joseph STYNES, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
334 Colour Sergeant Alfred James Parnell SUCHE, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.
39 Private WC SUFFOLK, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles.
294 Lance Corporal William Charles SUFFOLK, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.
SUIRMAN, Cape Railway Pioneer Regt..
352 Private Alban SUITOR, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.
1521 Trooper Leonard Oinan SULLINGS, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
457 Private Alfred A SULLIVAN, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.
413 Private Constantine SULLIVAN, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
41057 Trooper E SULLIVAN, 2nd Scottish Horse.
338 Private Edward SULLIVAN, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.
1621 Trooper Edward JN SULLIVAN, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
534 Sergeant Edward John SULLIVAN, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
3445 Squadron Sergeant Major Eric Mackay SULLIVAN, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.
2839 Private Frank Arthur SULLIVAN, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.
1457 Trooper Frederick W SULLIVAN, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
832 Private George Daniel SULLIVAN, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
498 Trooper John SULLIVAN, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
183 Private John SULLIVAN, NSW Imperial Bushmen.
451 Trooper John Lawrence SULLIVAN, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.
898 Private John Timothy SULLIVAN, NSW Imperial Bushmen.
164 Private Joseph SULLIVAN, 2nd Tasmanian Bushmen.
1414 Private Patrick James SULLIVAN, NSW Imperial Bushmen.
419 Private Simon Charles SULLIVAN, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
20 Trooper T SULLIVAN, 3rd South Australian Citizens' Bushmen.
2619 Shoeing Smith Thomas SULLIVAN, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.
329 Sergeant Thomas SULLIVAN, Army Medical Corps, NSW.
25 Private William James SULLIVAN, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
1005 Lance Corporal William John SULLIVAN, NSW Imperial Bushmen.
852 Company Quartermaster Sergeant William N SULLIVAN, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
243 Quartermaster Sergeant WN SULLIVAN, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
Trooper SULLY, South African Light Horse.
1473 Farrier David B SULTER, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
526 Private James Ziba SUMMER, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
280 Private James Ziba SUMMER, 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles.
3510 Trooper Edward SUMMERFIELD, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.
3086 Trooper Ernest Alfred SUMMERFIELD, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
176 Trumpeter Walter SUMMERHAYES, 5th West Australian Mounted Infantry.
275 Private Edward SUMMERS, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
FC SUMMERS, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia.
1059 Private Frederick Charles SUMMERS, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australian.
640 Trooper John Chestnut SUMMERS, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.
144 Private John Chestnute SUMMERS, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia.
444 Private Lewis SUMMERS, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.
251 Private Louis SUMMERS, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.
6 Sergeant Mervyn Alfred SUMMERS, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.
41054 Trooper B SUMMERSCALES, 2nd Scottish Horse.
310 Trooper Edward SUMMONS, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.
25919 Corporal G SUNDMACHER, 1st Scottish Horse.
54 Private George SUNDMACHER, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.
651 Private George SUNDMACHER, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
295 Private John Phillip SUNNER, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry.
657 Trooper James Joseph SUPPEL, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
1040 Private John SUPPLE, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
39749 Trooper WW SURRENNE, 2nd Scottish Horse.
JD SUSSEX, South African Light Horse.
501 Private Joshua David SUSSEX, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
706 Private Charles SUTCLIFFE, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
47 Private George SUTER, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
238 Private Robert Ackland SUTER, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
1302 Private Thomas George SUTER, Army Medical Corps, Commonwealth.
1302 Private Thomas George SUTER, Army Medical Corps, NSW.
234 Corporal Alexander Robert SUTHERLAND, 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles.
425 Private Benjamin SUTHERLAND, 3rd Victorian Bushmen.
338 Corporal Charles Hector SUTHERLAND, 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles.
1810 Farrier Sergeant Donald SUTHERLAND, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
740 Private George SUTHERLAND, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
295 Trooper George SUTHERLAND, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.
61 Trooper Hector J SUTHERLAND, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
2229 Private James SUTHERLAND, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
406 Private John SUTHERLAND, 3rd Victorian Bushmen.
222 Private John SUTHERLAND, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
328 Trooper John Thomas SUTHERLAND, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
290 Private Robert SUTHERLAND, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.
678 Trooper William John SUTHERLAND, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
483 Trooper William John SUTHERLAND, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.
173 Private Herbert SUTHERS, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.
335 Private Thomas SUTHERS, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.
237 Private August William SUTOR, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
88 Private Frank SUTTIE, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry.
318 Private Alfred Lindsay SUTTON, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
23 Private Geoffrey William SUTTON, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
569 Corporal James Duncan SUTTON, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
1814 Trooper JD SUTTON, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
29 Corporal Joseph H SUTTON, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
611 Private Joseph Henry SUTTON, NSW Imperial Bushmen.
320 Private Roland Thomas SUTTON, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.
44 Trooper Thomas SUTTON, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.
Second Lieutenant Harold Bruce SUTTOR, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
61 Private Harold Bruce SUTTOR, 'A' Sqn. NSW Mounted Rifles.
584 Trooper Daniel William SWADLING, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
584 Corporal Daniel William SWADLING, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.
1030 Private Edward SWAIN, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
503 Private George Edward SWAIN, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
626 Trooper John William SWAINSON, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
2372 Private Archibald Robert Campbell SWAN, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
3017 Trooper Charles James SWAN, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
383 Private DE SWAN, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
411 Private E SWAN, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
2102 Private Henry SWAN, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.
56 Private James Henry SWAN, 'A' Sqn. NSW Mounted Rifles.
1331 Private John SWAN, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
584 Private John Campbell Duncan McPerson SWAN, 3rd Victorian Bushmen.
9 Private Morton Henry SWAN, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry.
Lieutenant Morton Henry SWAN, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.
57 Private Richard SWAN, 'A' Sqn. NSW Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant Ronald Arthur SWAN, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.
9 Trooper SPW SWAN, 3rd South Australian Citizens' Bushmen.
656 Private William SWAN, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
1773 Trooper William P SWAN, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
172 Trooper Thomas Edward SWANSBOROUGH, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.
615 Sergeant James Hamilton SWANSON, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.
36 Private JH SWANSON, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles.
214 Private John P SWANSTON, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
602 Private Robert SWAYN, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
89 Private Alexander SWEENEY, 1st West Australian Mounted Infantry.
397 Private Edmund SWEENEY, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
237 Sergeant Edmund SWEENEY, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.
274 Trooper Edward SWEENEY, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
254 Trooper Edward SWEENEY, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.
10 Private Edward Charles SWEENEY, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.
39751 Shoeing Smith JC SWEENEY, 2nd Scottish Horse.
1142 Private Michael J SWEENEY, NSW Imperial Bushmen.
162 Private William SWEENEY, 2nd Tasmanian Bushmen.
39946 Trooper William Andrew SWEENEY, South African Light Horse.
1026 Private John SWEENY, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
1706 Trooper Bernard SWEEP, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
657 Private George SWEETING, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.
1039 Trooper Benjamin David SWEETLAND, 1st Australian Horse.
Lieutenant Henry St. John SWEETLAND, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.
360 Private Charles John SWENSON, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
141 Private Nickolai Theodor SVENSON aka Nicholas Theodore SWENSON, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.
1217 Private Allan Henry SWIFTE, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.
215 Trooper Edward Glenelg SWINDEN, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.
2508 Trooper William Edward SWORDS, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
393 Trooper John Drinkwater SYERS, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.
926 Private Charles John SYKES, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.
675 Gunner George SYKES, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.
240 Private Henry Alexander SYKES, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry.
628 Trooper J SYKES, 1st Scottish Horse.
228 Private Arthur Rowley Thomas SYMES, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
284 Private Quinton Leitch Anderson SYMINGTON, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
364 Private Quinton Leith Anderson SYMINGTON, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.
3235 Trooper Henry James SYMMONDS, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.
1069 Company Quartermaster Sergeant John SYMMONDS, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
321 Corporal Lewellyn Claude SYMONDS, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.
62 Private Michael James SYMONDS, 'A' Sqn. NSW Mounted Rifles.
27 Lance Sergeant Michael JP SYMONDS, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.
Lieutenant Vet Stanley Leplastrier SYMONDS, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
94 Private Walter SYMONDS, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia.
398 Private Henry SYMONS, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
2 Lance Corporal Henry SYMONS, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
491 Private James SYNAN, 6th West Australian Mounted Infantry.
Further Reading:
South African (Second Boer) War, 1899 - 1902, Australian Forces, Roll of Honour
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: South African (Second Boer) War: 1899-1902, Embarkation Roll: STR to SYM
