Topic: BW - SA - 8ACH
8th ACH (SA)
8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia
Nominal Roll
In 1911, Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. Murray, produced a marvellous Boer War reference detailing all the contingents sent from Australia to South Africa, giving a brief history of the formation and finally, listing all the soldiers who saw service in South Africa with that unit. The book was called, Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa. It is now the standard reference and starting place for any person interested in pursuing information about Australian involvement in the Boer War.
Murray, P. L., Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, pp. 385 - 391.
64 Private John Hemsworth ADAMS
1 Private Frederick George AISH
119 Private Alexander ANDERSON
124 Private Alick James BADOCK
8 Private Charles Albert BAILEY
3 Private Frederick Allen BAKER
131 Private Alfred Douglas BARBER
10 Private John Vivian BARROW
129 Corporal Robert BATES
118 Corporal Ernest BAWDEN
26 Private Frederic Arthur BEAUCHAMP
128 Shoeing Smith George Herbert BELL
6 Private William BIRCH
127 Private Charles Henry BLAGG
152 Trumpeter Henry Dougald BLAIR
78 Sergeant Major Victor BLANC
120 Sergeant Edgar James BLEECHMORE
123 Private Jacob Henry BOS
7 Private Archibald Duncan BOWIE
126 Private William Frederic BRAMMER
125 Private Mortimer Bert BRENNAN
122 Private John BROCK
2 Private William BROOKER
4 Shoeing Smith Herbert Lewin BROWN
121 Private William Alexander BROWNLEY
5 Private Paul Hugget BRYANT
9 Private Alfred Henry BUCHANAN
130 Private Jack Field BURTON
21 Private Alfred Ernest CARMAN
138 Private William Thomas CARTER
12 Trumpeter Daniel CASEY
135 Private Edward Joseph CASEY
20 Private Jeremiah Joseph CASEY
230 Private Frank CAVELL
133 Private Joseph William CHANDLER
14 Sergeant William Lander CLELAND
137 Farrier Sergeant Henry CLIFFORD
15 Private Albert William COCK
22 Private William George Hiles COCKRUM
136 Sergeant Robert Henry COE
16 Private Percy COLBEY
13 Corporal William John COLEMAN
17 Private George COLEY
18 Private James COLGAN
132 Private John Cleve COLLISON
Captain Alfred Edward COOK
139 Private Vincent COTTRELL
19 Private Elliott Herbert COULTER
11 Private George Garnet CRAGEN
142 Private William Herbert Elphinstone DALRYMPLE
141 Private David Owen DANIELS
24 Private Hurtle Herbert DAULBY
140 Private Ernest DEARLOVE
25 Corporal Walter Clement EVANS
30 Sergeant Frederick Hammond FARLEY
146 Private Alfred James FARMER
83 Private William Edward FENWICK
143 Private Thomas FERGUSON
28 Private Ernest John FEWINGS
29 Private John James FISHER
145 Private William Thomas FOOTER
212 Private Thomas FOWLER
147 Private Robert George GAINER
32 Private Robert GILBERT
149 Private William GILES
151 Private Wilfred Neil GILLESPIE
Quartermaster Sergeant Alexander H GLEN
150 Private John GORMAN
Sergeant Major Thomas GOUCHER
153 Private Samuel GRANT
148 Private James GRAY
33 Private John GREENWOOD
54 Private Henry GUNDERSON
156 Private William Charles HAGEL
160 Private Thomas Hillary HALES
41 Private Charles Arthur HALL
Orderly Room Sergeant Maurice Lionel HARRINGTON
37 Corporal Sydney William HARRINGTON
36 Private Charles James HARRIS
35 Private Henry HARRISON
159 Private Albert Edwin HARROLD
45 Private Percy Alfred HART
44 Private Oliver HASELDINE
82 Private Edward Thomas HAYDON
39 Private John Edward HAZZALIN
Lieutenant Walter James HEALEY
154 Corporal William John HEALEY
157 Private John James HEARD
43 Private Charles Ernest HEFFERNAN
117 Corporal Ernest Alfred HENRY
46 Private Ernest HETLEY
40 Private Harry HILL
158 Private Frederick HORNHARDT
181 Shoeing Smith Edmund William HUDD
42 Shoeing Smith Henry Vincent HUNT
155 Private Charles Edward HUSSEY
49 Private George Victor JACKSON
47 Private Richard Bestall JACKSON
164 Private James JAMES
165 Corporal Richard Alfred JAMES
48 Private Robert Henry JARMYN
163 Private Arthur S JOCELYN
162 Private Walter JOHNSTON
23 Trumpeter George Phillip JONES
Captain Philip William JONES
161 Private James Joseph JOYCE
52 Private William Martin KAISER
168 Private Colin Duncan KENNEDY
167 Private Sidney Munn KIDMAN
169 Private George KING
50 Private William KLAUS
166 Private William Joseph KNEVITT
51 Private Anthony KNOX
53 Private Michael Christian KROGDALE
55 Private Harold LAMSHED
173 Shoeing Smith Arthur Hamilton LANDER
Captain Edgar John Flynn LANGLEY
58 Private Hurtle Vivian LAWSON
Lieutenant Frank LAYCOCK
54 Private Horatio Charles LE LIEVRE
Lieutenant Colonel Haviland LE MESURIER
174 Private Robert LEITCH
56 Private William Lyle LEITCHFIELD
172 Private John Thomas LINES
171 Private David LITSTER
57 Private Clarence Osborne LOCK
59 Sergeant Harold Arthur LYALL
175 Private James Clifford LYONS
176 Sergeant Thomas Patrick LYONS
170 Private Thomas William LYONS
178 Private Allan MACDONALD
67 Private Richard Augustin MACDONALD
74 Private Duncan Henry MACDOUGALL
190 Private Roderick Andrew MACFARLANE
185 Private Andrew Francis MADIGAN
187 Private Lawrence MALONEY
186 Private James MANNIX
68 Private William James MANSON
66 Private Malcolm John MARCHANT
76 Private William Thomas MARKHAM
72 Private Joseph Thomas MARSHALL
180 Private George MARTIN
71 Private Harold James MARTIN
188 Private Joseph Henry MASTERS
69 Private Alexander MCALONEY
184 Private John MCAVENEY
38 Private William Peter MCBEAN
60 Private Norman Harrold MCBRIDE
191 Sergeant James Francis MCLACHLAN
177 Sergeant Major David MCLEAN
73 Private Andrew Patrick MCNAMARA
63 Private George Lawrence MERROTSY
61 Private William Charles MILLER
192 Private John Scott MILLHOUSE
189 Private Francis Henry MITCHELL
62 Corporal George John MITCHELL
183 Private Albert John MONTGOMERY
70 Private Tom Oliver MOORE
193 Shoeing Smith Edmund MORONEY
182 Private Howard Francis MORTON
65 Shoeing Smith Herbert Walderman MUELLER
77 Quartermaster Sergeant Francis Alexander MUIRHEAD
179 Private Wallace Bruce MURRAY
194 Private James William NAIRN
195 Private Carl NEILSON
134 Quartermaster Sergeant Marcus Richard NEWMAN
79 Private Frederick John NOBLE
75 Private Herbert NORMAN
80 Private John Edward Rudolph NORMAN
81 Private Alfred OATWAY
196 Private John O'BRIEN
31 Private Robert O'DEA
197 Private John O'GRADY
198 Private William Henry OKE
199 Private John Francis O'NEILL
Major Frederick William OSBORNE
201 Trumpeter Clement Andrew PEARCE
200 Private Thomas Pickworth PHELAN
84 Private Richard Jeffery PHILPS
202 Private John Allen PICKETT
85 Private Alexander POINTON
86 Saddler William Henry QUINN
207 Private Frederick Richard RACKHAM
206 Private Archibald RAMAGE
91 Private Charles REHN
Captain Herbert Ambrose REID
Lieutenant Lister Livingstone REID
27 Private Hurtle John RIVETT
90 Private Ben Foxhall ROBINSON
89 Private William ROBINSON
88 Private Albert Frederick ROLLBUSH
205 Private Richard John ROSE
87 Private Henry Brinley ROUND
203 Private Thomas Charles ROWETT
204 Private Joseph William RUBENICHT
95 Private Fred SCOTT
213 Private Robert Oliver SCOTT
93 Private Arthur SCRAGG
208 Private Peter SHANNON
210 Private Daniel SIMS
209 Private Alfred SKINNER
211 Private James William SLATTERY
92 Private Henry SMALLACOMBE
214 Private James Alexander SMITH
99 Farrier Sergeant Walter SMITH
216 Private Walter John SMITH
96 Private Albert James SOUNDERS
231 Private Frank Athol SPENCER
Lieutenant William Frederick SPENCER
97 Private John SPILLANE
98 Private Howard STAFFORD
215 Private Benjamin STARR
FC SUMMERS
144 Private John Chestnute SUMMERS
94 Private Walter SYMONDS
105 Private Herbert TACUBER
220 Private Edward Alfred TAYLOR
103 Private Albert William THOMAS
106 Private George Campbell THOMAS
219 Private William Joseph THOMAS
102 Private Joseph Prentice THORPE
100 Private Tom TILLEY
104 Private Edward John TOMKINS
218 Private William James TUCKER
108 Private Harry James TUIT
221 Private John Elliott WALKER
Lieutenant Reginald Charles Henderson WALKER
Lieutenant Bernard Torrens WARD
227 Saddler Edwin Wyatt WARREN
116 Private Richard George WATTS
224 Private William Arthur WEATHERILL
112 Private Harry WEBBER
109 Private Darcy WEBBLING
222 Private Charles Gustave WEHRMAN
111 Private William WHEATLAND
101 Corporal Alexander WHITFIELD
228 Private Arthur Thomas WILLIAMS
114 Private Edgar William WILLIAMS
223 Private Andrew Arthur WILSON
115 Private Arthur John WILSON
110 Sergeant Peter Henry WILSON
113 Private Ernest Alfred WINFIELD
226 Private Walter WINTERFIELD
225 Private Charles William WYATT
229 Private Gustave ZSCHORN
Further Reading:
8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia
8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia, Roll of Honour
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia, Nominal Roll