QAMC

Queensland Army Medical Corps Commonwealth Details

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, p. 526.

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Queensland Army Medical Corps Commonwealth Details

 

1354 Private Henry ADAMS.

1349 Lance Corporal William Herbert ARMSTRONG.

1350 Private Thomas William ARNSBY.

 

1352 Private Thomas CAVANAGH.

 

1348 Lance Corporal William Wallace DUNSMORE.

 

1347 Private William Arthur FARRELL.

 

1343 Private Victor Arthur HAIR.

1341 Sergeant James Owen HOLLIDAY.

 

1340 Sergeant Robert Alexander LOWRY.

 

1344 Private Andrew Reid MILLER.

 

1351 Private Alfred Henderson POLSON.

1353 Private Alfred PRINGLE.

 

1342 Corporal John QUINN.

 

1346 Private Arthur TUNLEY.

 

1339 Warrant Officer Frederick WALKER.

 

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Queensland Army Medical Corps Commonwealth Details

Boer War, 1899 - 1902

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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Boer War - South Australia

Contingents sent, 1899 - 1902

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Boer War - South Australia, Contingents sent, 1899 - 1902, Outline

Boer War - South Australia, Contingents sent, 1899 - 1902, Details

Roll of Honour

Boer War - South Australia, Contingents sent, 1899 - 1902, Roll of Honour

Lest We Forget

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Boer War - South Australia

Boer War - South Australia, Contingents sent, 1899 - 1902, Roll of Honour

Boer War, 1899 - 1902

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Boer War - South Australia

Contingents sent, 1899 - 1902

Outline

South Australia Prefatory.

Like the Contingents despatched from other territories those sent to the war by South Australia may be divided into three classes; namely, the early ones, paid by local Government or by private subscription; the Imperial Bushmen, subsidised by the Imperial War Office; and the Commonwealth Contingents, raised after Federation, but also under British pay. The earlier companies were drawn from citizens and members of territorial forces, but (except in New South Wales), none of them were composed of drafts from such troops. In all cases, volunteers were desired, and preference was given to men with military service; but no whole units proceeded to the front. Afterwards, bushmen were unrolled; men accustomed to the exigencies of rough life in the backwoods, daring riders, expert shots, experienced in finding their way in tangled country, and hardened against privations. Then, as time went on, and the war still proceeded, the male of the Contingents became leavened with men who had already heard the click clack of the Mauser, and the snarl of the pom-pom; and officers and others presented themselves who had tried conclusions with the Boers and wore desirous to do so again. Finally, the Commonwealth Horse. These were, in the first instance, constituted of squadrons from separate States united in battalions, and afterwards of battalions enrolled upon a territorial basis, as already set forth. Only the first and second battalions, of eight that proceeded, were in time to join in the operations.

South Australia embarked six Contingents for the front, and contributed her quota to the Australian Commonwealth Horse. The pay of the First and Second Contingents was debited to the revenue of South Australia. The Third Contingent (Bushmen's) was entirely equipped and partly paid from private contributions. The pay of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Contingents (other than paid by the Imperial Government in South Africa) was refunded to South Australia by the Imperial Government. It ranged from 25s. and 4s. field allowance per diem to major in command, to 5s. per diem to trooper.

The officers and members of all the six Contingents were also paid war gratuities as under, by South Australia; the amount being afterwards refunded by the Imperial Government.

Special War Gratuity For Services in South Africa

		£. s. d.	£. s. d.
Colonel and graded as A.A.G.	40 shares at	5 0 0	200 0 0
Colonel	32 shares at	5 0 0	160 0 0
Major	16 shares at	5 0 0	80 0 0
Captain	12 shares at	5 0 0	60 0 0
Lieutenant	7½ shares at	5 0 0	37 10 0
Quartermaster	2½ shares at	5 0 0	12 10 0
Sergeant-Major	2½ shares at	5 0 0	12 10 0
Sergeant	2 shares at	5 0 0	10 0 0
Corporal	1½ shares at	5 0 0	7 10 0
Lance-Corporal	1¼ shares at	5 0 0	6 5 0
Trooper	1 shares at	5 0 0	5 0 0

Daily Rates Of Pay.

Captain-Imperial, 13s.; Colonial, 10s. 6d.; total, £1 3s. 6d. Lieutenant, Lieutenant-Surgeon, and Lieutenant Veterinary-Surgeon-Imperial, 7s. 8d; Colonial, 11s. 4d.; total, 19s. Sergeant-Major and Quartermaster-Sergeant-Imperial, 4s.; Colonial, 5s.; total, 9s. Sergeant - Imperial, 2s. 8d.; Colonial, 6s. 4d.; total, 8s. Corporal-Imperial, 2s.; Colonial, 5s.; total, 7s. Trooper — Imperial, 1s. 2d.; Colonial, 3s. 4d.; total, 4s. 6d.

The pay issued by the Imperial Government to the Imperial Contingents has already been quoted in the New South Wales and Victorian Contingents.

Uniform consisted of brown F.S. jacket, cord pants, puttees, F.S. hat and cap. Great coats and boots were also supplied, together with a full kit of working clothes, under garments, and necessaries. Rifles, bayonets, and bandolier-belts were issued. Fully horsed and supplied with saddlery; and (the early Contingents) regimental transport.

The training camp for the Contingents was at the old Exhibition Grounds, Adelaide.

Further Reading:

Boer War - South Australia

Boer War - South Australia, Contingents sent, 1899 - 1902, Roll of Honour

Boer War, 1899 - 1902

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Boer War, 1899 - 1902

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Boer War, 1899 - 1902

Australian Forces

Roll of Honour

South Australia

Poppies on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra

The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men known to have served at one time with the South Australian forces and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the South Australian forces or another unit during the Boer War.

Roll of Honour

 

William Samuel BARBER, 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australian.

Robert Thomas BARRON, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Francis BARTLETT, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles.

Harold Egbert BEARE, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Alfred James BENNIER, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

William Alexander BROWNLEY, 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australian.

 

Bertram H COCHRANE, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Frederick George CROFT, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

C W B CURRIE, 3rd South Australian Citizen's Bushmen's Contingent.

 

Cornelius George DAVIS, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

William Reynolds EWENS, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

David Haxton GIBB, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

John Edgar GLUYAS, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Herbert Ernest GOODES, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

James HAMILTON, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Richard Frank HAMP, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

George Lawrence HARDY, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles.

J H HEINJUS, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles.

Malcolm George Patrick HIPWELL, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Frederick William HIRTH, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Charles Forbes HORNER, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Nathaniel HORSFALL, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Samuel Grau HUBBE, 3rd South Australian Citizen's Bushmen's Contingent.

 

T J KLAFFER, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles.

 

Sydney LANDSDALE, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

Charles Edward MACCABE, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

H G MAIN, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Thomas Bradshaw MARSDEN, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles.

Albert Edward Charles MARSHALL, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Edward Sherman MARSHALL, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles.

F G MATTHEWS, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles.

Bruce Harold MAY, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

James MCGILLIVRAY, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

C J B MERCER, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

C F MILLMAN, 3rd South Australian Citizen's Bushmen's Contingent.

Edmund Henry MITCHELL, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

John Hartly MOORE, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Peter MURRIE, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

Alexander William NICHOLAS, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

Albert Stephen PAGE, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Albert Thomas PALMER, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

J W POWELL, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles.

J W POWELL, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles.

Herbert Edgar PROSSER, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

William RUST, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

Otto Frederick SCHUMANN, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Ralph SIMMONDS, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

James David SLOAN, 3rd South Australian Citizen's Bushmen's Contingent.

William Edwin SMITH, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles.

John SPILLANE, 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australian.

 

Herbert TACUBER, 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australian.

William David TEATE, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

J T TOLL, Army Medical Corps.

Frederick Joseph TOTHILL, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

Albert Arthur VICKERY, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

Charles Richard Douglas WALTER, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Frederick Sylvester WHITE, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Clemen Cyril George WHITTLE, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

Hugh Prior WOODHAM, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

 

Lest We Forget

Further Reading:

Boer War - South Australia

Boer War, 1899 - 1902

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