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Boer War, 1899 - 1902, Australian Forces, 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse Victoria, Outline Topic: BW - Vic - 4ACH
4th ACH (NSW)
4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse Victoria
Outline
Lieutenant Colonel George Jamieson JOHNSTON, Commanding Officer for the 4th ACH.
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. 318.
The Fourth Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse - Victorian Units.
A Battalion organised upon the same system as the Second, except that its establishment consisted of two companies from Victoria, one from South Australia, and one from Western Australia.
For details of pay, establishment, and clothing, vide; 2nd Battalion. The battalion staff prior to embarkation, also comprised a Lieutenant quartermaster (Western Australian Officer), making six officers in all, plus a chaplain. In the other battalion the quartermaster had come with the Western Australian unit.
Departure and Return
The battalion staff and Victorian units embarked on 26th March, 1902, comprising 17 officers, 235 others, with 375 horses. One died; 2 officers, 30 others were struck of in South Africa; 15 officers, 204 others returned.
SS Templemore at Fremantle, 8 April 1902
Service
The Battalion staff and Victorian units left in the transport Templemore, on 26th March, 1902. On 2nd April, arrived at Adelaide, and received the South Australian squadron; proceeded to Fremantle, and there, on 7th, half the West Australian squadron was embarked; the remainder to follow in the transport Englishman.
Arrived at Durban on 22nd April, and disembarked on the following morning . Encamped at the Show Grounds until 24th; than entrained to Newcastle, Natal, and arrived on 26th, and encamped at Kitchener’s Kop on the veldt, about 3 miles from the town. On 27th, the battalion was inspected by General Burn-Murdoch, Commandant. On 10th May, paraded at 2 a.m., and proceeded by order to Wool’s bridge, Buffalo River, where some Boer delegates were to cross on their way to Vergeeniging, the scene of the peace conference.
On 13th, started to march for Volkrust, Transvaal, thence to entrain for Elandsfontein, which was arrived at on the 18th; and there the battalion remained until 24th June, during which time it was engaged in refitting, sending sick horses to sick horse farms, and obtaining remounts. On 28th May, General Oliphant inspected tho battalion, and spoke in complimentary terms of the drill, and the cleanliness of the horse lines. On 1st June, news was received of the peace proclamation: subsequently officially confirmed, with a notification that every NCO and man was to receive 1s. 6d. worth of field stores, free, from the Field Force canteens – a concession to the troops which is said to have cost $20,000. On 7th June, a squadron, under Captain Collins, proceeded to Pretoria to take part in the service which was held next day to celebrate the cessation of hostilities. The Commanding Officer, the Second in Command, the Adjutant, and Captains Thorn and Macdonald also attended.
On 23rd, all homes were handed in to the remount depot. On 24th, the battalion entrained for Newcastle, arriving on 25th, and encamping on their former ground. Here the Australian troops were mobilizing previous to their return. On 28th, three officers and about 250 NCO’s and men of the battalion entrained for Durban, there to embark on the Manchester Merchant; these were followed on 2nd July by ten officers, to join the Britannic. The remainder were ordered to embark in the Norfolk on 7th; but this transport being unable to accommodate all, Colonel Johnston and Lieutenant Robertson, with the balance, took passage by the Drayton Grange, which arrived at Port Melbourne on 7th August.
War Service
Many of tho officers (as also N.C.O.’s and men) had seen previous service: vide nominal roll, also under various Contingents. Those who had not, received the Queen’s Medal with two clasps.
Boer War, 1899 - 1902, Australian Forces, 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria, Nominal Roll Topic: BW - Vic - 4ACH
4th ACH (Vic)
4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria
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. 319 - 323.
4th Australian Commonwealth Horse (Vic)
2424 Lance Corporal James Ignatius ABBERTON
2255 Private Magnus Miller AITKEN
2423 Private Henry Albert AMOTT
2256 Private Percival William Henry ANDERSON
2254 Private James Ernest Lorraine ARMSTRONG
Lieutenant Harry Stephen BAILEY
2268 Private William Thomas BANDY
2261 Private Guy BARAGWANATH
2267 Saddler Walter BEER
2264 Private Edward Norman BELCHER
2257 Private Henry George BENNET
2262 Corporal Michael BOURKE
2263 Private Charles BRADY
2411 Private William Henry BRAND
2258 Private Frank BRODERICK
2269 Private Alexander BROWN
2412 Private George BROWN
2265 Private Victor BRUMLEY
2260 Private James BULLOCK
2202 Sergeant William Joseph BURGESS
2266 Sergeant Archie BUTLER
2234 Corporal Charles Henry Felix BUTLER
2270 Private Herbert Augustus Kingsbury BUTLER
2259 Private Vivian George BUTLER
2210 Private Robert Knaggs CALCUTT
2278 Corporal Ewen Anthony CAMERON
2277 Private William Kennedy CAMERON
2275 Lance Corporal James William CAMPBELL
2253 Sergeant Norman CAMPBELL
2203 Corporal Peter Charles CANTLON
2281 Private Walter Eastwood CARSON
2272 Private John Patrick CASSIDY
2274 Private Alfred James CATTANACH
2279 Private Archibald CHARLESON
2282 Private Henry Clement CHUDLEIGH
Lieutenant Cyril Wilberforce St. John CLARKE
2276 Private Ernest Hislop CLARKE
2236 Private George Lewis CLEEVES
2273 Private John CLINTON
2418 Trumpeter William COLEMAN
2235 Private William COLLINS
2233 Private David George COLLISTER
2271 Private Arthur James Poole COPE
2280 Private Frederick CREBER
2431 Private William Albert CROWE
2287 Private James Thomas DALDY
2243 Private Edwin Stewart DANIEL
2290 Sergeant Miles DARE
2283 Private Arthur DAVERN
2285 Private George Francis DAVEY
2288 Private Christopher DAVIDSON
2284 Private Isaac DAVIES
2208 Corporal William DAVIES
2286 Private Francis Carl August DEGNER
2206 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Stanley Fred Jenner DENNIS
2289 Private Charles Harold DIXON
2292 Corporal Joseph Allen DODD
2204 Private Mark Edward DONALDSON
2207 Private James DONNAN
2205 Private George Henry Allen DOUGLAS
2237 Private Robert George DUNCAN
2416 Lance Corporal William Aitken EADIE
2425 Private Walter ELLIOTT
2209 Company Quartermaster Sergeant James ELLIS
2293 Private Edward Patrick ENRIGHT
2298 Trumpeter Thomas FAWCETT
Lieutenant James Robertson FAWNS
2214 Private Augustus Theodore FERGUSON
2232 Private Henry FITZGIBBON
2435 Private Albert FLEGG
2296 Private James FLETCHER
2297 Lance Corporal Christopher FLYNN
2294 Private Walter Rufus FOWLER
2295 Private Charles James FOY
2300 Private Sampson Burton GADD
2244 Private Ambrose GEARY
2211 Corporal George Augustus GILBERT
2299 Private John GLASS
2307 Lance Corporal Huntley Campbell GORDON
2302 Shoeing Smith John George Gay GORDON
2301 Private Percival Thomas GRAHAM
2303 Private John Christopher GRANT
2219 Private Albert HALL
2224 Private George HARRIS
2248 Private Wright HARRIS
2430 Private John HARRISON
2309 Private Thomas James HARVEY
2314 Private George Connolly HAZLETT
Lieutenant John Walton HEALY
2291 Private Edward HEARNDEN
2311 Private Timothy Edward HEHIR
2419 Private William HENDERSON
2313 Private John HENNEBERY
2308 Trumpeter George Alexander HERSCHELL
2201 Private William Frederick HIBBERD
2306 Private William Henry HILL
2316 Private Fred JS HOAD
2305 Shoeing Smith George Ernest HODGINS
Lieutenant John James HOUSTON
2317 Private George Henry HUGHES
2304 Private Henry HUNT
2312 Private Thomas HURLE
2318 Shoeing Smith Herbert Alfred HUSSEY
2310 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Norman Gerald JARRETT
2215 Sergeant George Edminston JEFFERY
2321 Private Dodsworth JEFFREYS
2323 Private Frederick Guin JEFFREYS
2320 Private Tasman JILLETT
Lieutenant Colonel George Jamieson JOHNSTON
Vet. Lieutenant David Thomas JONES
2322 Private George Joseph JONES
2428 Private Henry JONES
2319 Private William John JONES
2324 Private Samuel Francis KEATING
2217 Private Albert George KERR
2327 Private David KEYS
2326 Private Percival William KEYS
2325 Private William KILGOUR
2328 Private John Liddington KING
2434 Private Edward George KRONK
2333 Private James LEEKE
2329 Private John LEITH
2330 Private Joseph Herbert LINDSAY
2331 Private William Alfred LITTLEJOHN
2332 Private John George LOWES
2349 Lance Corporal Robert Bruce MACDONALD
Captain William MAILER
2340 Private Frederick Charles MARSDEN
2334 Lance Corporal William Francis MARSHALL
2216 Private William MASSIE
2351 Sergeant James MCALEER
2347 Private John Phillip MCDONALD
2352 Private Herbert MCFARLANE
2409 Private Jonathan MCINTOSH
2239 Private William MCKENZIE
2218 Private Daniel MCKEONE
2420 Private William James MCLAREN
2345 Private Leslie Gordon MCLEAN
2348 Private Neil Allen Thomas MCLEAN
2315 Private Norman MCLEOD
2346 Private Ernest Schultz MCMILLAN
2242 Sergeant James MCNULTY
2350 Private Albert Henry MCPHERSON
2426 Private Thomas Henry MEATCHEM
2337 Private James Andrew MIDDLETON
2249 Company Sergeant Major Percival Edwin MIDGLEY
Boer War, 1899 - 1902, Australian Forces, 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria, Roll of Honour Topic: BW - Vic - 4ACH
Boer War, 1899 - 1902
Australian Forces
Roll of Honour
4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria
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 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria or another unit during the Boer War.
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