"At a mile distant their thousand hooves were stuttering thunder, coming at a rate that frightened a man - they were an awe inspiring sight, galloping through the red haze - knee to knee and horse to horse - the dying sun glinting on bayonet points..." Trooper Ion Idriess
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8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania, Nominal Roll Topic: BW - Tas - 8ACH
8th ACH (Tas)
8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania
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.
8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania
New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, War Diary Topic: BW - NSW - NSWIB
NSWIB
New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
War Diary
During the course of 1900, Major David Miller maintained a diary which he sent in regular installments to the Commanding Officer at Victoria Barracks in Sydney. This diary details the progress of the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen from departure to their activities in SouthAfrica.
War Diary of the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen written by Major David Miller
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
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Miscellaneous information from cemetery records
Burial Service conducted on board the Harlech Castle, 18 November 1900. Memorial Service held at St John's Church, Paddington, 9 December 1900. Brother in Law: 83 Pte Simon McLennan, NSW Mounted Rifles. Died of wounds, 3 March 1900, Colesberg, South Africa.
Lest we forget
Town and Country Journal, 8 December 1900, p. 38.
The transcription is below:
Trooper W. M Ellis
Died of pneumonia on board the Harlech Castle on November 18. The deceased was particularly a fine man physically. He had been through the whole campaiqn, being one of the troops who proceeded to South Africa in the troopship Kent. He was present at the relief of Kimberley, but escaped the bullets of the Boers only to fall a victim to disease when homeward bound. Ellis was buried at see at 4 o'clock the same afternoon, the ceremony being very impressive. All the troops were lined up on deck, and the chaplain (the Rev. Mr. McBain, of Victoria) read the service.
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