Australian Light Horse Studies Centre

Boer War, 1899 - 1902

Citation: Boer War - Queensland, Contingents sent, 1899 - 1902, Roll of Honour

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Monday, 25 August 2003

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Contents
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1st QMI

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry

Contents

Items

Outline
1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Outline
Nominal Roll
1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Nominal Roll
History
General History
1st QMI, Historical Outline, 1899 - 1900
Formation and Embarkation of 1st QMI
1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, A Proclamation
1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Embarkation
The Battle of Sunnyside, 1 January 1900
The Battle of Sunnyside, 1 January 1900
Sunnyside, 1 January 1900, Chamberlain Account
Sunnyside, West Australian, 4 January 1900, Account
Sunnyside, 1 January 1900, Town and Country Journal Account

Personnel

Albert Rose

Roll of Honour

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Roll of Honour
Lest we forget

Further Reading:

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Roll of Honour

Citation: 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Contents

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Sunday, 24 August 2003

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Outline
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1st QMI

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry

Outline

The 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry marching down Queen Street, Brisbane.

[From: The Queenslander, 4 November 1899, p. 906.]

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. 447:

FIRST (QUEENSLAND MOUNTED INFANTRY) CONTINGENT

Like the early Contingents in other States, the first despatched by Queensland was ordered to be raised from officers and others serving in the local defence forces, namely, 250 of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, and a Machine Gun Section from the Royal Australian Artillery (Queensland). They were to be equipped strictly in accordance with the Field Service Manual for the equipment of a Mounted Infantry unit. With regard to this, however, Lieut: Colonel Ricardo, who Commanded the Contingent, stated in his report:-

"Out of 262 of all ranks enrolled, 123 were then serving in the Queensland Mounted Infantry; but 46 men, who had served, also joined; this left 93 to be recruited from outside. Of this number, 25 N.C.O.'s and men of A Battery (Royal Australian Artillery), volunteered; they ware some of the best men we had, and their example had a very good affect an the Contingent. The remainder were made up of men who said they w or had been, members of the Queensland Defence Force."

The Contingent was practically enrolled, organized, and equipped with arms, clothing, horses, saddlery, transport wagons with fittings and stores, between the 13th and 28th October - a record of the indefatigable way in which the Staff, the Comptroller of Stores, the medical and veterinary authorities, and the embarkation officers must have worked. The horses were selected and purchased by Veterinary Major Irving, P.V.O.

Establishment

Staff:-

One major,
1 Sergeant-Major;
1 quartermaster sergeant,
4 Privates;
total, 7;
with 4 riding and 4 draught horses; total 8.

Machine Gun Section (Royal Australian Artillery):-

One lieutenant,
1 sergeant,
1 corporal,
2 bombardiers,
5 drivers,
7 gunners;
total, 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 15 rank and file, with 6 riding and 14 draught horses;
total 20.

No. 1 Company:-

One captain,
3 lieutenants,
1 company sergeant-major,
4 sergeants,
1 sergeant-artificer,
3 artificers,
2 buglers,
6 corporals,
92 privates; total, 4 officers, 109 others, with 100 riding and 20 draught horses; in all 113 of all ranks, with 120 horses.

No. 2 Company:-

The like.

Supernumeraries:-

Two officers,
8 privates,
with 14 riding and 18 draught horses;
in all, 10 of all ranks, 32 horses.

Grand total:-

One major,
2 captains,
9 lieutenants,
1 regimental sergeant major, 1 quartermaster-sergeant,
2 company sergeant-majors,
9 sergeants,
2 sergeant-artificers,
6 artificers,
4 buglers,
13 corporals,
2 bombardiers,
206 gunners, drivers, and privates;
in all, 12 officers, 248 others, with 224 riding and 76 draught horses;
altogether, 260 of all ranks, with 300 horses.

Departure and Return

The SS Cornwall embarking from Brisbane with the Queensland Contingent

[From: The Queenslander, 11 November 1899, p. 957.]

The Contingent left on 1st November, 1899, comprising 14 officer's, 248 others, with 284 horses, besides machine game and wagons. Ten died or were killed, 1 officer was transferred, 1 commissioned in the Imperial Army, 7 were struck off in South Africa; 12 officers, 231 others returned to Australia.

Further Reading:

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Roll of Honour

Citation: 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Outline

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Saturday, 23 August 2003

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Nominal Roll
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1st QMI

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry

Nominal Roll

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, "A" Company.

[From: The Queenslander, 4 November 1899, p. 908.]

Murray, P. L., Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, pp. 449 - 456.

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry

Lieutenant Alfred George ADIE

166 Private Albert Edward ALLEY

189 Private Edward ANDERSON

216 Private Ralph Andrew ANDERSON

Lieutenant Cecil Henry ANDERSON-PELHAM

90 Private Thomas Henry ARMSTRONG

243 Private John Henry ARNOLD

Lieutenant Henry BAILEY

182 Private John Henry BANFF

156 Private Joseph BANKS

46 Private James Frederick BARKER

115 Shoeing Smith George BARNES

82 Private William BARRON

138 Private George BAUDINET

211 Private Henry BAULCH

11 Gunner Edward BEARD

101 Private George BETTS

Lieutenant Cecil Herbert BLACK

83 Private Charles Henry BOURNE

109 Lance Corporal Buglar William BOWDLER

75 Private Matthew Devine BRADY

111 Private Thomas Farrer BRAITHWAITE

92 Private Albert BREEZE

4 Company Sergeant Major Richard BREYDON

134 Private Edmund St. John Vincent BRODRICK

155 Corporal John Cornelius BROSNAN

44 Private John William BROWN

RS BROWN

160 Private William Joseph BROWN

120 Private Thomas BROWNE

95 Private William Henry BRYCE

23 Driver Henry BUCKBACK

151 Private John Edward Newell BULL

80 Private Joseph BURGE

192 Private Bedford BUTLER

29 Private William Melville BUTLER

237 Private John CAIN

50 Private Arthur Archibald CAMERON

218 Private William CAMMACK

220 Private Colin Clyde CAMPBELL

93 Private James John CASEY

33 Private John CATHCART

174 Private Edward Andrew CHADWICK

217 Private Allan CHALMERS

124 Private William Allen CHAMBERLAIN

Captain Henry George CHAUVEL

225 Private James Walter CHRISTENSEN

175 Private William James CHRISTIE

142 Private James Ernest CLARK

133 Private Joseph COLQUHOUN

56 Corporal George Bertram CONLEY

253 Private John James CONROY

202 Private James COOGAN

51 Lance Corporal Frank COOPER

102 Private Samuel Welsby COOPER

168 Private James Frederick COUNTER

38 Corporal Henry Horton COVELL

195 Private William COX

126 Private Charles CRUMP

Lieutenant Charles Alexander CUMMING

180 Private Thomas CUMNER

242 Private William Alexander DAMROW

118 Private John DANIELS

199 Private John Macintosh DAVIDSON

39 Private Nivel DE VERDON

177 Trumpeter William DEVITT

246 Trumpeter Thomas DIMMOCK

Captain Joseph Espie DODS

Lieutenant Richard DOWSE

45 Private Conway Lovett DREW

169 Private James DURHAM

188 Private William EDWARDS

89 Private Michael EGAN

241 Private Walter James EVANS

129 Private Edward Henry FARMER

214 Private Isaac FELLOWS

178 Private Ernest Victor FIELDING

15 Private William FOX

210 Private Charles FRASER

69 Private William FRENCH

105 Private Albert Charles FRY

154 Private William Henry GALE

163 Private Alexander GLASGOW

Lieutenant Thomas William GLASGOW

88 Private William GOODCHILD

Lieutenant Robert GORDON

249 Private Archibald GRAHAM

157 Private James Roderick GRAY

106 Private James GRAYSON

233 Private Richard GREENWELL

6 Corporal Herbert HARRIS

16 Driver Herbert George HARRIS

152 Private William HARRIS

186 Private James HART

248 Private Arthur Douglas HENRY

136 Private Frederick Charles HERMANN

231 Private Charles HILL

158 Trooper Sydney Edward HILL

110 Trooper Herbert Gerald HINTON

190 Private John Henry HITCHCOCK

28 Sergeant Frederick James HOCKEY

145 Private William George HODGKINSON

176 Private James David HOLCOMBE

198 Private John Stanley HUGHES

84 Private George Lionel HUTTON

113 Private George Percy INGARFIELD

9 Gunner Thomas IRWIN

238 Private George James ISZLAUB

231 Private Edward JACKSON

257 Private WHG JACKSON

49 Private Augustus JOHNSON

62 Private Harold JOHNSTON

139 Private George Richard JONES

219 Private Victor Stanley JONES

223 Private Patrick Joseph KAVANAGH

21 Private James KELLY

79 Private Thomas KENNEDY

108 Corporal Alexander KIDD

87 Private William Gillespie KING

162 Private Peter KNUDSEN

147 Private Frank Berners KNYVETT

117 Private Julius KRAUT

73 Private Ernest LACEY

213 Corporal John LACEY

121 Private Edgar LAMBERT

7 Bombadier George Egbert LAMBERT

20 Private George James LE MARCHAND

167 Private Thomas Broadford LEE

170 Private James LLOYD

86 Private Jack LOCKE

187 Private Thomas James LOGAN

65 Sergeant James LOYNES

254 Private Arthur LUKE

203 Corporal William Michael LYONS

74 Sergeant John MACARTHUR

13 Private Albert William MACKENZIE

27 Corporal Frederick MADDICKS

70 Private Miles MARLEY

148 Private Thomas Bram MARTIN

149 Private William MASON

67 Private Thomas Robert MAXWELL

205 Private James Joseph MCCARTHY

226 Private Peter MCCONKEY

171 Private Joseph MCDONALD

59 Private John MCDOUGALL

222 Private Donald MCINTOSH

52 Private Robert MCINTYRE

31 Private Richard MCKENZIE

64 Company Sergeant Major Kenneth MCLENNAN

91 Private David Cumming MCLEOD

43 Corporal William MCLEOD

94 Private Hugh MCNEVEN

26 Gunner Frederick James MENAH

98 Private George MICHAEL

228 Private William MILES

131 Private Alexander MILLAN

112 Private William Holdsworth MILLARD

161 Private Herbert Henry MISSING

239 Private Eugene Graham MONTAGUE

72 Private James Alfred MOORE

208 Trumpeter John Crisop MORRIS

40 Lance Corporal John James MORRIS

185 Private William Arthur MORRIS

600 Private DE MORRISON

60 Private Donald Rogers MORRISON

193 Private George William MOSS

210 Private Forrest MUIR

194 Private Joseph William MUNDEY

24 Gunner Henry MUNGALL

143 Private Alexander MUNRO

250 Private James MUNRO

207 Private Arthur MUSSETT

255 Private Ernest William NEALE

96 Private John NEILSON

58 Private George NEVILLE

234 Private John O'BRIEN

146 Private Richard Nicholas O'BRIEN

236 Private Thomas O'HAGAN

68 Private Frank O'MAHONEY

212 Private Robert ORTON

103 Private William PALFREY

81 Sergeant Harry PATEN

230 Private Stephen PAYNE

127 Private William PENHALIGON

30 Private Adolph PHILIPOFSKI

Captain Phillip William Grant PINNOCK

206 Private Robert Hill PIRIE

179 Private Robert Samuel PITT

99 Private Daniel POPE

5 Sergeant Frederick PRICE

1 Regimental Sergeant Major James George PRICE

114 Private Victor PRIMROSE

150 Private Thomas PUNCH

12 Gunner John RASMUSSEN

165 Private Herbert Llewellyn REECE

71 Private Harold REED

Lieutenant David Elder REID

Major Percy Ralph RICARDO

19 Gunner Peter RIDDELL

97 Private George RIDLEY

240 Private Albert ROSE

215 Private John Smith ROSS

193 Private William ROSSITER

104 Private Christian RUNGE

153 Shoeing Smith George Edward RUSSELL

66 Sergeant James Bernard RYAN

18 Driver Thomas RYAN

164 Saddler Sergeant William Walter SAVILLE

22 Driver Charles Frederick SCHULTZ

184 Trumpeter Charles John SCOTT

57 Private George Archibald SCOTT

77 Private George SEYMOUR

107 Private Charles Octavius SHARP

220 Private William SHAW

235 Private Ernest SMITH

227 Private George Thomas SMITH

14 Gunner James SMITH

63 Private Ralph Gordon SMITH

181 Private Robert SMITH

130 Private William SMITH

224 Private Robert SOLWAY

204 Private Thomas Henry SOLWAY

61 Private Benjamin SPURWAY

132 Private Raymond Henry STAINES

53 Private Edward Robinson STARKEY

41 Private William Johnstone STEVENS

47 Private Charles Rupert STEWART

78 Private Wallace Highton STEWART

296 Private Walter Hall STEWART

55 Private Charles Joseph STRONG

125 Private William George STRONG

251 Private Louis SUMMERS

54 Private George SUNDMACHER

173 Private Herbert SUTHERS

141 Private Nickolai Theodor SVENSON aka Nicholas Theodore SWENSON

35 Corporal George Henry Lumsden TANCRED

245 Private Charles TEASDALE

144 Private Ray Tabor THOMAS

140 Private William THOMAS

36 Private Robert Samuel THOMPSON

32 Private Robert Jenson THOMSON

34 Private Joseph TODD

159 Private George William TOMLINSON

119 Private James Campbell TURNBULL

209 Private Arthur Gus VOLKMAN

247 Private August WAGNER

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Albert Harvy WALES

196 Private George William WALKER

42 Lance Corporal Gilbert Ramsay WALKER

172 Sergeant Harry Frederick WALKER

3 Company Sergeant Major James John WALKER

25 Private Sydney WALKER

10 Private Walter WALSH

48 Private Sydney WASHBOURNE

137 Private Heinrich Carl Gustav WEISE

100 Private Thomas James WHELAN

122 Private Albert Joseph WHITE

256 Private Henry Saxon WHITEHORN

8 Bombardier George Frederick Gardles WIECK

17 Driver Albert WILLIAMS

200 Private Percy WILLMETT

197 Private Walter WILLMETT

116 Corporal George WRIFORD

192 Farrier Sergeant George WRIGHT

37 Private William Cardinal WYNNE

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, "B" Company.

[From: The Queenslander, 4 November 1899, p. 909.]

Further Reading:

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Roll of Honour

Citation: 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Nominal Roll

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Friday, 22 August 2003

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Roll of Honour
Topic: BW - Qld - 1QMI

1st QMI

1st Queensland Mounted Infantry

Roll of Honour

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 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry or another unit.

Roll of Honour

Edmund St. John Vincent BRODRICK, Died of Disease, 25 June 1900.
George Bertram CONLEY, Killed in Action, 31 March 1900.

Thomas CUMNER, Died of Disease, 20 March 1900.
William Alexander DAMROW, Died of Disease, 19 December 1900.

William DEVITT, Died of Disease, 12 May 1900.

Victor Stanley JONES, Killed in Action, 1 January 1900.

David Cumming MCLEOD, Killed in Action, 1 January 1900.
Herbert Llewellyn REECE, Killed in Action, 31 March 1900.
Sydney WALKER, Died of Disease, 25 June 1900.

George WRIFORD, Missing, presumed Killed in Action, 11 March 1901.

Lest we forget

Further Reading:

Citation: 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Roll of Honour

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