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Friday, 6 September 2002
535 Pte George William Bolding, 3rd Bushmen Contingent, Victoria Topic: BW Gen - Soldiers
535 Pte George William Bolding, 3rd Bushmen Contingent, Victoria.
535 Pte George William Bolding
A farmer from Bairnsdale, 535 Pte George William Bolding enlisted with the 3rd Bushmen Contingent, Victoria. After some action at Elands River, he was struck down with Enteric Fever and died at Pretoria, 24 October 1900. Bolding's name was entered on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial.
535 Pte George William Bolding's Grave, Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria [Photograph by Peter Boyd]
Invalided to Australia. Embarked from Wynberg, South Africa, on the Moravian with gunshot wound and brain concussion. Arrived in Brisbane on 1 June 1900. Discharged 11 July 1900.
Albert Rose on the deck of the Moravian, 28 May 1900.
New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, War Diary, 20 August 1900 Topic: BW - NSW - NSWIB
New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
War Diary, 20 August 1900
New South Wales Imperial Bushmen War Diary, 20 August 1900.
This is an extract from the War Diary written by Major David Miller, Adjutant of the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen who arrived in the Mozambique port of Biera and then moved to Rhodesia as part of the journey for deployment in South Africa to see action in the Boer War.
20 Aug 1900 - Monday
In camp at Otto's Hoop. Heavy fighting from noon until 4p.m. renewed after dark. We are losing about 20 horses per diem from the fire.
Note all supplies in tins should be restricted to 1lb in weight. 6lb tins of meat are most inconvenient for distribution to troops. Oats are inferior - green - kiln dried - compressed forage necessary as neither hay nor chaff is available - grazing is out of the question - Butchers section most necessary to deal with stock secured.
Miller's column is still experiencing harassment from the Boers at Otto's Hoop. About 20 horses per day are being lost through the fighting although Miller does not mention if they are killed, wounded or captured. Miller also discusses the problems of supply. Six pound tins of meat are a problem as he prefers one pound cans. The oats are of an inferior quality. Since there was a nice supply of meat on the hoof, a butchers section was required.
This is a further instalment of the War Diary written by Major David Miller, Adjutant of the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen who arrived in the Mozambique port of Biera and then moved to Rhodesia as part of the journey for deployment in South Africa to see action in the Boer War.
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