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Saturday, 14 June 2003

2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles, Joseph Francis Humphris
Topic: BW - SA - 2SAMR

2nd SAMR

2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles

Joseph Francis Humphris

Lieutenant Joseph Francis Humphris

Biography of Joseph Francis Humphris, DSO, VD

Born: 6 May 1868.
Lieutenant: South Australian Mounted Rifles, 27 January 1892
Lieutenant: 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles, 12 January 1892
Captain: 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles, 1 July 1900
South Africa: Operations in Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange River Colony. Actions at Johannesburg, Pretoria, Diamond Hill and Belfast. Despatches, London Gazette, 16 April 1901. DSO. Brevet Major. Queen's Medal with five clasps.
Brevet Major: South Australian Mounted Rifles, 5 December 1902
Provisional Major: 17th Australian Light Horse, 1 July 1903
Substantive Major: 17th Australian Light Horse, 1 July 1904
Lieutenant Colonel: 17th Australian Light Horse, 13 August 1907
Unattached List: South Australia, 13 August 1908
Unattached List: New South Wales, 12 September 1910
Lieutenant Colonel: 44th Infantry Regiment, 1 July 1914

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2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles

2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles, Roll of Honour

Boer War, 1899 - 1902

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles, Joseph Francis Humphris

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