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Map illustrating the activities of the Australian Commonwealth Horse in South Africa, 1902.
[From: Chamberlain, M., The Australians in the South African War 1899-1902, Canberra, 1999.]
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. 307.
The Second Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. Victorian Units.
This Battalion was raised after Federation, to represent Australian troops, upon the same principles as the first battalion. It consisted of three Victorian units (or companies), one from South Australia„ and one (half-company) from Western Australia, together with the battalion staff.
Preference was given to men who had had experience in the war, but candidates were also eligible who were acquainted with country life in Australia, also the management of horses, and were good shots. As a matter of fact, almost the whole of the staff, the company officers, and the N.C.O.'s and men had served in previous Contingents. Some had belonged to South African regiments. Married men ware not selected except for N.C.O.'s of exceptional merit.
Clothing, Etc.
Uniform consisted of F.S. jacket, pants, puttees, F.S. hat, F.S. cap, greatcoat, together with boots and a full kit of underclothing, necessaries, etc.
Equipped with rifles and bayonets, and bandolier belts; fully horsed and provided with saddlery. Vide Appendix II (Murray).
Regimental transport was also provided.
Pay.
Up to date of embarkation, this was at Imperial cavalry rates. After embarkation as follows:
Colonel or lieut.-colonel, £1 5s. per diem, with 4s. field allowance; major, £1 3s., and 4s.; captain, £1 1s., and 3s.; lieutenant, 15s., and 2s. 6d.; adjutant, as for captain or lieutenant, according to rank; quartermaster, as for captain; paymaster, if captain, same; medical officer, £1, and 3s., veterinary officer, £l, and 3s.; chaplain, £1 1s., and 3s.; regimental sergeant-major, 9s.; quartermaster-sergeant, 8s. 8d.; farrier-sergeant, 8s. 6d.; farrier staff sergeant, 8s. 8d.; company sergeant major, 8s.; company quartermaster-sergeant, 8s; sergeants, 7s.; corporals (if paid lance-sergeants), 6s. 6d.; corporals and paid lance-corporals, 6s.; buglers, 6s.; privates, 5s. N.C. officers not above the rank of sergeant, acting as farrier sergeant, or farrier staff-sergeant, and privates, acting as buglers, saddlers, or shoeing-smiths, 1s. per diem extra.
Officers were allowed £30 to provide equipment, &c.
Establishment.
Detail of a company :-1 major or captain, 4 lieutenants, 1 company Sergeant major, l company quartermaster-sergeant, 1 farrier-sergeant, 4 sergeants, 3 shoeing-smith, 1 saddler, 2 buglers, 6 corporals, 97 privates; total, 5 officers, 6 staff sergeants and sergeants, 5 artificers, 2 buglers, 103 rank and file; total, 121, with the like number of horses.
Add battalion staff:- 4 officers, 3 staff-sergeants, with 8 horses. Total of staff and three companies - 20 officers, 21 staff-sergeants and sergeants, 15 artificers, 6 buglers, 309 rank and file; in all, 371, with 401 horses, including 30 spare.
A chaplain accompanied the battalion.
Departure And Return.
The staff and Victorian unite left 12th February, 1902, comprising-21 officers, 351 others, with 401 horses, One died, 2 officers, 77 others were struck off in South Africa; 19 officers, 273 others returned.
2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria, Nominal Roll Topic: BW - Vic - 2ACH
2nd ACH (Vic)
2nd 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. 309 - 316.
2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse (Victoria)
562 Private Edward ABSALOM
480 Private Phipps Alexander ADAMS
660 Private Jesse Frederick ALBON
494 Lance Corporal John ALLSOPP
458 Private Andrew Frederick ANDERSON
631 Lance Corporal Clifford Harry ANDERSON
483 Private David ANDERSON
707 Private Leslie ANDERSON
693 Private John ARNOLD
457 Private William ASKER
550 Private George BAILEY
459 Private William BAIRD
429 Private Thomas BALDWIN
560 Private Thomas BANNISTER
676 Private Charles Henry BAPTIE
639 Private James BAPTIE
675 Private Thomas Richard BAPTIE
488 Private Edward BARKER
Lieutenant James Fox BARNARD
605 Private Angus BEGGS
Lieutenant Harry Henderson BELL
589 Private William BELL
431 Private George BELLMER
486 Private Louis Henry BERTRAND
695 Private Harry Peter BEYER
433 Private Henry BLAIR
728 Private Walter John James BLOOMFIELD
696 Private Alfred John BOLLEN
559 Private William BONNETT
575 Corporal Abed Michael BOURKE
553 Private William Arthur BOWLER
502 Company Sergeant Major Reginald Cummins BOYES
430 Saddler David James BRADFORD
651 Private George BRAIN
709 Private John BREEN
421 Private Charles BRIGGS
658 Private Charles BROOKS
515 Corporal John BROOKS
462 Private Walter James BROWNE
641 Corporal George Richmond BRUCE
432 Private Angus McLeod BUCHANAN
613 Private Harold Mortimer BURKITT
733 Private Albert BURROWS
566 Private Albert John BUTCHER
679 Private Percy Vivian BUTLER
539 Private Thomas Charles BUTT
442 Private William Archer BYRON
Lieutenant Thomas Stewart CAHILL
572 Private George Edwin CALK
590 Private Edward Arthur CALLAWAY
646 Private John CAMERON
622 Private Archibald Lachlan CAMPBELL
419 Private Timothy John CANTWELL
510 Private Frederick CAPP
456 Farrier Sergeant David John CAREY
491 Private Robert CARNIE
492 Private Samuel Henry CARSONS
603 Private Herbert CARTER
645 Private James McCracken CHALMERS
427 Private Victor CHIRON
596 Private Charles CHRISTENSEN
640 Private John CLARK
479 Trumpeter Reginald Valentine CLARKE
745 Private Robert Duncan CLEVERLEY
461 Private Frank Eardley COCHRAN
593 Private John COCHRAN
746 Private Ferdinand John COE
511 Private George CONDY
624 Private Francis Bernhardt CONWAY
606 Private James CONWAY
594 Private Charles Frederick Mills COOK
416 Private William James COOK
687 Private Harry Ernest COOKE
460 Lance Corporal Herbert James COOKE
578 Private Edward Garden COOPER
674 Private Reginald John COOPER
428 Lance Corporal Caesar Stephen CORLETT
516 Private Frederick COUSTLEY
558 Private Frederick CRAWFORD
584 Private William CROOKE
535 Private William CURTISS
426 Private Daniel Henry DALEY
424 Private Robert James DALTON
556 Private William James DALTON
555 Private John Hugh DAVIES
Lieutenant Albert Thomas DAY
554 Private Thomas Ewan DE WARDT
557 Sergeant Leslie DEEGAN
574 Shoeing Smith George Edward DENNIS
425 Private Ernest Norman Vere DITCHBURN
517 Private Ambrose DIXON
653 Private Frank Leslie DOBSON
735 Private Michael DREW
642 Private James Robert DUFF
490 Sergeant Francis Edward DUREAU
513 Sergeant Harry EDE
599 Private Edward Patrick ELLIGATE
552 Private Frederick Mortimer ELLIS
731 Private William George EMMETT
698 Private Donald Wallace EUNSON
470 Shoeing Smith Archibald Douglas FAIRLIE
744 Private Arthur FARRANT
505 Private Gustavus Henry FECKNER
718 Saddler John FERGUSON
455 Private John FISHLOCK
423 Private Edward FITZPATRICK
543 Private John FITZPATRICK
681 Private Mathew George FITZPATRICK
422 Private Herbert FORD
454 Corporal James Peter FOX
667 Private William FREEME
688 Private George Edward FRYER
478 Private Arthur Joseph GARDINER
727 Private John Fraser GARDINER
712 Private William GARDNER
Lieutenant Richard Reginald GARLAND
585 Private Oswald Ventry GAYER
563 Private James GEDDES
452 Private Thomas GEDDES
Lieutenant Thomas Hyland GERMAINE
420 Private Frederick John GILES
742 Lance Corporal George Craig GOODWIN
713 Private Adolphus GORDON
601 Private FR GRANT
678 Trumpeter James Gordon GRAY
610 Private William Henry GRAY
654 Private Arthur Ernest GRIGG
521 Private James Wallace GRIGGS
665 Private David GROVES
632 Lance Corporal John Henry HAMILTON
549 Private Charles Stewart HAMMOND
638 Private Samuel HANKS
514 Private Charles George HARLEY
600 Private Sedgwick Percy HARPER
450 Private Thomas William HARRIS
451 Farrier Sergeant Mark HAWKER
748 Shoeing Smith William Henry HAYDON
648 Private Edward George HAYES
647 Private Harry James HAYES
738 Private Matthew HAYES
715 Private Henry HAZEL
580 Private James HEANEY
703 Private William Theodore HERALD
449 Private Henry HERBERT
410 Private George HERON
548 Trumpeter John William HERSCHELL
538 Private Frederick HEYWOOD
417 Private Walter Herbert HILBRICK
750 Private Aubrey George Denniston HOAD
Lieutenant Francis Joseph HOLMES
418 Private Albert HOOLEY
714 Trumpeter Frank HORTLE
561 Private George HOWARD
582 Corporal Arthur Walter Joseph HUGHES
485 Private James Lawrence HUGHES
581 Corporal Lewis HYLAND
692 Private Herbert Francis Kearney IEVERS
447 Private Gilbert Arthur IRVINE
493 Trumpeter John JEFFERYES
635 Private Richard Broughton JEFFREYS
475 Corporal Thomas JENNER
725 Private Alexander JOHNSTONE
591 Corporal John JORDAN
547 Private Robert JORDAN
710 Private John KELLY
576 Private William Irvine KELLY
673 Private Samuel Teale KERR
592 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant James Ernest KIDGELL
434 Private Walter Litchfield KING
468 Private Frederick Thomas LAMB
499 Private Hugh LEE
415 Private Maurice LEE
Lieutenant Harry LOCKETT
445 Private Joseph LODER
Vet. Lieutenant Bertram Benjamin LOEL
495 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Herbert LOVE
719 Private Alfred John LOVELACE
544 Private Ernest Gustive John LURMAN
567 Private John LYONS
438 Private Thomas George MADDEN
619 Private Arthur MAHONEY
532 Private Thomas Gardiner MALLETT
577 Private Henry MARTIN
743 Private Joseph Ernest MASON
520 Private Frank Reginald MATHEWS
541 Corporal Robert Stephen MCALPIN
439 Private John Campbell MCCALLUM
534 Private John MCCANCE
542 Shoeing Smith James MCCLELLAND
411 Private William John MCCOY
519 Private Alexander MCDONALD
588 Private Angus MCDONALD
721 Private Hugh MCDONALD
598 Private Alfred James MCGINTY
621 Lance Corporal Robert MCGROUTHER
Chaplain John MCINERNEY
649 Private Thomas John MCINTYRE
739 Private Daniel Thomas MCKEE
564 Lance Corporal Henry Devine MCLAY
697 Private Norman MCLEAN
Lieutenant Colonel Duncan MCLEISH
611 Lance Corporal Duncan MCPHERSON
412 Lance Corporal William MCPHERSON
670 Private Edward MCRAE
512 Private Daniel MEAGHER
413 Private William MERCHANT
414 Saddler Percival Benjamin MILES
569 Private Herman MILLER
722 Private Robert MILLER
546 Private Frederick Thomas MILNE
609 Private William Alfred MITCHELMORE
545 Private William James MOON
579 Private Arthur Thomas MOORE
737 Private Francis Richard MOORE
741 Private William MOORE
500 Private William Ernest MORRELL
636 Private Henry Sproule MORRISON
466 Corporal Joseph Ignatius MULCAHY
543 Private Claude Bland MUNRO
482 Private Herbert Richard MURPHY
650 Private Arthur Ernest NEWSON
694 Private John Thomas NEWTON
705 Private William Oscar NORMAN
659 Private Henry O'BRIEN
671 Private John James O'BRIEN
662 Private Hugh Alexander O'DONNELL
729 Private Neil OLHOLM
637 Shoeing Smith John Thomas Joseph O'LINN
701 Private Charles Henry OLIVER
537 Private William Edmund O'TOOLE
643 Private George Robert PALMER
717 Private Charles PARKER
484 Lance Corporal Stanley Hamilton PARROTT
436 Private David Simpson PATTINSON
568 Private Andrew Cameron PAUL
726 Private Reuben PAYNE
734 Private Frederick James PEARCE
504 Private Joseph Kirkby PEARSON
551 Private Robert James PEDDER
Captain Henry William PENDLEBURY
463 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Jacob PERRY
508 Private James PILKINGTON
531 Private Peter PINDER
685 Corporal Thomas PITT
583 Private Robert Henry POOR
623 Private Albert Thomas PORTER
633 Private Walter John POTTON
604 Private Francis Herbert POULTER
Lieutenant James POWELL
720 Private William POWELL
Lieutenant Alfred Howard PRESS
533 Sergeant Joseph Howells QUINEY
536 Private Robert QUINN
448 Private John Michael QUIRK
518 Private Joseph Edward QUIRK
629 Private Roy Moore RALPH
473 Private Charles REES
751 Warrant Officer James RICHARDSON
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred ROBERTS
608 Private William Aitkin ROBERTS
708 Private Robert ROBERTSON
408 Private William Joseph ROBINSON
446 Private Albert Frederick ROFE
474 Private Frank ROGERS
444 Private Llewellyn Edward ROGERS
690 Private Harry Morgan ROSE
409 Private Charles William ROUSE
626 Private Charles Thomas ROUTLEY
506 Private William RUDD
625 Private John Trewin RUNNALLS
614 Private William Benjamin RUSSELL
525 Sergeant Edwin Christie RYAN
595 Private James Cue RYAN
496 Private James Joseph RYAN
587 Sergeant Michael Francis RYAN
586 Private Joseph Francis SABELBERG
Lieutenant David SANDFORD
597 Private Frederick Owen SANDS
465 Private Albert Henry SANSON
530 Company Sergeant Major Henry George SAVAGE
612 Private Alfred SCOTT
GR SCOTT
655 Private Thomas SCOTT
407 Private Percy SELBY
406 Staff Sergeant Edwin Sutherland SEYMOUR
749 Private James Dudley SEYMOUR
628 Private Archibald Samuel SHAW
401 Private Harold SHAW
509 Corporal William Thomas SHEEHAN
663 Private James William SHREEVE
724 Private Ferdinand James SIDES
736 Private Thomas SKENE
684 Private George SKILLECORN
487 Corporal Charles Reginald SKIRVING
618 Private James Joseph SLATTERY
664 Private Benjamin SMART
704 Private George Barnet SMITH
669 Private Joseph Andrew SMITH
477 Lance Corporal Thomas Ignatius SMITH
732 Private William Ambrose SMITH
405 Private Francis Sydney SMYTH
570 Private Samuel SOMERVILLE
476 Private Alfred SOUTH
404 Sergeant Charles William SPEERS
691 Shoeing Smith JS SPENCER
682 Farrier Sergeant Thomas SPENCER
507 Company Sergeant Major William SPOONER
441 Sergeant Alfred John STACEY
464 Private Thomas Alexander STEELE
503 Private Alexander STOCK
443 Private Simon William STRAHAN
615 Private St. Clair STRONGE
526 Private James Ziba SUMMER
501 Private Joshua David SUSSEX
706 Private Charles SUTCLIFFE
740 Private George SUTHERLAND
656 Private William SWAN
602 Private Robert SWAYN
657 Private George SWEETING
616 Private John Edwin TAYLOR
487 Private Arthur Edward THOMAS
677 Private William THOMAS
672 Private Percy William THOMSON
Lieutenant Walter Henderson THOMSON
529 Sergeant William TIDYMAN
617 Sergeant Alfred John TINKER
Major Edwin TIVEY
440 Private William TOMLINSON
700 Private Sydney TOMPSITT
668 Shoeing Smith Thomas TOOGOOD
528 Private Ralph Stephen TOY
607 Private Henry TRAPP
702 Private Keith TRAVERS
435 Private Henry TREADREA
666 Private Carew TREVAN
680 Private William Charles TREVASCUS
644 Private William Merriman TREW
689 Trumpeter Frederick Victor TRICKEY
489 Corporal Frank Reid TUBB
711 Private Robert TURNER
634 Private Harold Eric TURNLEY
402 Corporal James TWEEDIE
403 Private John Anderson TWEEDIE
527 Private Frederick UCHTMAN
540 Private Henry John VALPIED
573 Private James Arthur VALPIED
661 Private James VANLAWICK
565 Sergeant George Fairfax VE'ALL
437 Sergeant Alexander WALKER
481 Private William Henry WALLIS
524 Private John Walker WATERSTON
630 Private James Joseph WATTS
467 Private William Henry WEBB
469 Corporal Thomas William WEIBYE
723 Private Augustus William WEIRE
716 Private Thomas Henry WELLS
627 Private Eric Laurenny WERE
699 Private Louis James WHEELER
730 Private Thomas WHITE
472 Private Francis James WILLIAMS
523 Private George Sutherland WILLIAMSON
522 Private William WILLIAMSON
683 Private William Henry WILSON
652 Private Joseph WISHART
471 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Sydney WOODLAND
Boer War, 1899 - 1902, Australian Forces, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse Victoria, Roll of Honour Topic: BW - Vic - 2ACH
Boer War, 1899 - 1902
Australian Forces
Roll of Honour
2nd 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 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse Victoria and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse Victoria or another unit during the Boer War.
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