Boer War - New South Wales 

1st Australian Horse

Contents

 South Africa 1899 - 1902

Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).

Items

Outline

1st Australian Horse, Outline

Nominal Roll

1st Australian Horse, Nominal Roll 

 

History

Australian Horse, History Part 2 Boer War 1899 -1901

1st Australian Horse Boer War Service - The Boys in Green

Personnel

Roll of Honour

1st Australian Horse, Roll of Honour

Lest We Forget

Further Reading:

1st Australian Horse

1st Australian Horse, Roll of Honour

Boer War, 1899 - 1902

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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South African (Second Boer) War, 1899-1902

Australian Participation - Full Index

Embarkation Roll: BRO to BUR

The following is an alphabetical roll of all Australians known members of the many military formations which embarked overseas during the South African (Second Boer) War, 1899-1902.

Each man is detailed on this reference list with the following information:

Service Number;

Rank on Embarkation;

First Names;

Family Name;

If applicable, any false name employed; and,

Service unit.

Notes

Note 1: All soldiers’ names are linked to the specific unit and date when embarkation occurred.

Note 2: There are duplications of some names in the following list. The reason for this is that the soldier embarked on more than one occasion. This was the simplest way of resolving the problem of multiple entries for a single individual.

Embarkation Roll: BRO to BUR

 

112 Trooper Charles Simon BROWNE, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

1211 Private Clifford Styant BROWNE, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.

97 Private Edgar Mercer BROWNE, 4th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

1919 Trooper George Charles BROWNE, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

2241 Gunner Henry Frederick BROWNE, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

Captain Henry Hamilton BROWNE, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

4 Private John BROWNE, 4th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

349 Trooper Percy A de Courcey BROWNE, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

Captain Reginald Spence BROWNE, Special Service Officer.

1102 Trooper Robert James BROWNE, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

120 Private Thomas BROWNE, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.

376 Sergeant Walter BROWNE, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.

462 Private Walter James BROWNE, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

32 Private William BROWNE, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

1290 Private William BROWNE, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

348 Trooper William de Courcey BROWNE, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

20 Trooper Eric Lindsay Douglas BROWNELL, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.

2841 Driver Douglas BROWNFIELD, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.

1659 Private Joseph Henry BROWNHILL, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

2913 Corporal Edgar BROWNING, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

134 Private Frederick Sydney BROWNING, 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles.

60 Private Herbert Samuel BROWNING, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry.

1120 Private Herbert Samuel BROWNING, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

431 Private Reuben Frank BROWNING, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

28 Private Richard BROWNING, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

743 Trooper Frederick BROWNLEE, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

83 Corporal Thomas James BROWNLEE, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

1221 Private Alfred James BROWNLEY, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.

121 Private William Alexander BROWNLEY, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia.

49 Private John BROWNRIGG, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry.

204 Trooper William John BROWSE, Bushveldt Carbineers.

458 Private George Alexander BRUCE, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

Lieutenant George Owen BRUCE, 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles.

641 Corporal George Richmond BRUCE, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

455 Private George Richmond BRUCE, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

1214 Private Henry Homeward BRUCE, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

384 Private Hugh Andrew BRUCE, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

2412 Trooper John Albert BRUCE, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

266 Sergeant Major William BRUCE, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.

2 Colour Sergeant William Cunningham BRUCE, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry.

354 Farrier Sergeant William Robert BRUCE, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

91 Farrier William Robit BRUCE, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

Captain Julius Henry BRUCHE, Special Service Officer.

3674 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Stephen BRUGGY, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

336 Private Charles BRUHN, 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles.

21 Trooper Lewis Berkley BRUMBY, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.

2265 Private Victor BRUMLEY, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

1155 Private Herbert Foster BRUNET, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

41 Trooper John Theodore BRUNNING, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

809 Private Thomas Henry BRUNSDEN, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

1425 Private William Thomas BRUNSDON, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

Trooper John BRUNT, Bethune's Mounted Infantry.

1296 Gunner William BRUSH, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.

36918 Trooper W BRUYN, 1st Scottish Horse.

2061 Private John Henry BRYAN, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.

456 Trooper Alfred John BRYANT, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

79 Private Ernest William BRYANT, 4th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

1052 Farrier Sergeant Harry Cornelius BRYANT, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

2657 Private John Charles BRYANT, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia.

2891 Private Joseph S BRYANT, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.

5 Private Paul Hugget BRYANT, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia.

1217 Private Robert George BRYANT, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

1202 Private Walter BRYANT, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

1308 Trooper William BRYANT, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

479 Private Charles Chambers BRYCE, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

88 Private David BRYCE, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry.

199 Private James BRYCE, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry.

29 Private James BRYCE, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

1948 Private Patrick BRYCE, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

95 Private William Henry BRYCE, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.

307 Saddler Arthur Darlington BRYER, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

2654 Private Thomas Reid BRYMER, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia.

238 Private Thomas Reid BRYMER, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

39475 Private H BRYSON, Cape Medical Services Corps.

193 Private Archibald BUCHAN, 5th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

Trooper James Patrick BUCHAN, South African Light Horse.

9 Private Alfred Henry BUCHANAN, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia.

432 Private Angus McLeod BUCHANAN, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

108 Trooper Angus McLeod BUCHANAN, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

Lieutenant Donald BUCHANAN, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

448 Private Frank W BUCHANAN, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

302 Private James BUCHANAN, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry.

641 Private James BUCHANAN, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

102 Lance Corporal N BUCHANAN, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

40 Private William Samuel BUCHANAN, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry.

101 Farrier William T BUCHANAN, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry.

536 Saddler Henry BUCHBACK, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

217 Private William BUCHESTER, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

208 Trooper James BUCHOLTZ, 1st Australian Horse.

23 Driver Henry BUCKBACK, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.

281 Private George Ernest BUCKBY, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

J BUCKERIDGE, South African Light Horse.

456 Private James Robert BUCKHAM, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

188 Private Alfred George Kernan BUCKINGHAM, 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles.

1700 Sergeant Alfred GK BUCKINGHAM, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

292 Private Philip Percival BUCKLAND, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

466 Trooper Hugh Francis Arnund BUCKLE, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.

115 Corporal Fitzroy Augustus BUCKLETON, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

28 Corporal Sidney Douglas BUCKLETON, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

3144 Sergeant Albert BUCKLEY, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

193 Farrier Sergeant Ernest James BUCKLEY, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

100 Private George William BUCKLEY, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

31548 Trooper James BUCKLEY, 2nd Scottish Horse.

779 Private Patrick Craig BUCKLEY, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

651 Trooper William BUCKLEY, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

Sergeant BUCKLEY, Kitchener's Horse.

23 Private Denis John BUCKMASTER, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

92 Private William E BUCKNELL, 3rd West Australian Bushmen.

1525 Private Frederick James BUD, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

1663 Trooper Alfred Joshua BUDD, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

27 Private Henry Martin BUDD, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

2747 Trooper Charles Mathews BUDGEN, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

1295 Wheelright Sergeant William BUFFERY, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.

204 Private David BUFFETT, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

205 Private John Edward BUFFETT, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

922 Private William James BUGG, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

278 Trooper Norman BUHLER, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

26 Trooper Allan Thomas BULL, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.

289 Private Benjamin BULL, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.

379 Private EAOE BULL, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

21 Private Ed. Counde BULL, 'A' Sqn. NSW Mounted Rifles.

151 Private John Edward Newell BULL, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.

770 Sergeant Percy Thurlow BULL, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

261 Private Walter BULL, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

117 Private Walter BULL, 'A' Sqn. NSW Mounted Rifles.

255 Trooper Charles BULLEN, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

Second Lieutenant Charles Cyrus BULLOCK, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

352 Trooper Frederick G BULLOCK, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

275 Private Henry BULLOCK, 5th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

2260 Private James BULLOCK, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

57 Private John Aiton BULLOCK, 2nd West Australian Mounted Infantry.

31552 Trooper AH BULLUSS, 2nd Scottish Horse.

1483 Private Walter Herbert BULLUSS, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

2640 Trooper Charles BULMER, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

2945 Driver William James BULTITUDE, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.

418 Trooper Robert Hamilton BUNGATE, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

141 Trooper Richard William BUNN, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

1372 Private Charles BUNNEY, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

21 Lance Corporal Arthur Benjamin BUNNING, 3rd West Australian Bushmen.

45 Private Bryce Victor Eric BUNNY, 2nd West Australian Mounted Infantry.

1157 Farrier Gavin BUNNY, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

1543 Shoeing Smith George E Ernest BUNTING, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

Trooper H BUNTON, Cape Mounted Police.

120 Trooper William Wallace BUNTON, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

29 Trooper Leslie Douglas BURBURY, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.

Trooper B BURCH, Kitchener's Fighting Scouts.

294 Private Harvey Stephen BURCHER, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

2076 Sqn.QMSgt. Henry Stephen BURCHER, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

2930 Trooper Richmond BURCHER, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

324 Sergeant Harry William BURDEN, Army Medical Corps, NSW.

290 Private Ernest Theodore John BURDON, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.

98 Shoeing Smith George BURFORD, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles.

206 Trooper Arthur Macaffie BURGE, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

80 Private Joseph BURGE, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.

353 Private Joseph Alexander BURGE, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

125 Private Eric Ethelbert BURGESS, 2nd Tasmanian Bushmen.

475 Trooper Gordon Angelo BURGESS, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.

522 Private John BURGESS, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

252 Farrier Sergeant Joseph BURGESS, Bushveldt Carbineers.

369 Trooper Stanley Stephen BURGESS, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

168 Trooper Theodore Frederick BURGESS, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

205 Trooper Thomas. Bennett BURGESS, Bushveldt Carbineers.

2202 Sergeant William Joseph BURGESS, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

595 Corporal William Joseph BURGESS, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

413 Private William Servant BURGESS, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

895 Trooper Alf. Arthur BURGIN, NSW Lancers.

1954 Sergeant Thomas Persehouse BURGIS, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

339 Private James John BURGOYNE, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

89 Private JJ BURGOYNE, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

95 Private WF BURGOYNE, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

31601 Trooper CE BURKE, 2nd Scottish Horse.

332 Private Edmund Peter BURKE, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

341 Private Joseph Bernard BURKE, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

Trooper JW BURKE, Scottish Horse.

480 Private Michael Daniel BURKE, 6th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

1732 Sergeant Michael J BURKE, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

88 Private Michael Joseph BURKE, 'A' Sqn. NSW Mounted Rifles.

40086 Trooper ML BURKE, 2nd Scottish Horse.

107 Trooper Patrick BURKE, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

485 Private Thomas Augustine BURKE, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

420 Trooper William BURKE, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

2958 Driver Cyril Theodore BURKETT, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.

2851 Private George Arthur BURKETT, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.

613 Private Harold Mortimer BURKITT, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

366 Private John BURKITT, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

387 Private W BURLEIGH, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

903 Private Albert Edward BURLEY, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

4 Private Johnston Edward BURLEY, 1st West Australian Mounted Infantry.

23 Private Thomas BURLEY, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

58 Quartermaster Sergeant AE BURMAN, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

737 Sergeant Alfred Edward BURMAN, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

738 Private William BURMAN, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

15 Private WJ BURMAN, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

363 Private August H BURMEISTER, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

332 Private Frederick George BURN, 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles.

38 Private William Castle BURN, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

Major Granville John BURNAGE, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

244 Trooper Henry Francis BURNE, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

398 Private Lawford W BURNE, Army Medical Corps, NSW.

37028 Trooper WC BURNESS, 1st Scottish Horse.

262 Lance Corporal Robert Alexander BURNETT, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.

157 Private William Harlock BURNETT, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

27 Private Reginald Mortimer BURNIE, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry.

292 Private Edward BURNS, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

2599 Trooper George Herbert BURNS, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

233 Private James BURNS, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

Vet. Lieutenant Jerome Lawrence BURNS, 3rd South Australian Citizens' Bushmen.

2563 Trooper John BURNS, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

353 Lance Corporal John BURNS, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

419 Patrick James BURNS, Bushveldt Carbineers.

180 Private PJ BURNS, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

30 Private Robert BURNS, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

2739 Trooper Robert James BURNS, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

152 Private W BURNS, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

62 Private William BURNS, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry.

663 Private William BURNS, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

Lieutenant George Hamilton BURNSIDE, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

136 Trooper Jack Andrew BURR, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

Vet. Lieutenant BURRAGE, Kitchener's Horse.

Vet. Lieutenant BURRAGE, Kitchener's Horse..

122 Sergeant John Cuthbert BURROW, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

38 Trooper Richard William Peard BURROW, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

733 Private Albert BURROWS, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

463 Private Albert BURROWS, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

58 Private Charles BURROWS, 3rd West Australian Bushmen.

92 Trooper Frank Noel BURROWS, Kitchener's Fighting Scouts.

24 Sergeant George Francis BURROWS, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

2979 Trooper George Walter BURROWS, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

167 Private Henry BURROWS, 5th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

2893 Driver John Edward BURROWS, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.

66 Private Thomas George BURROWS, 3rd West Australian Bushmen.

1569 Corporal Thomas Ross BURROWS, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

2645 Trooper William BURROWS, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

33 Private William John BURROWS, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry.

104 Trooper Douglas Victor BURSILL, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

8 Trooper John Stewart BURSTON, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

534 Private William BURSTON, 6th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

38236 Trooper FW BURT, 1st Scottish Horse.

3307 Trooper Samuel BURT, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

388 Private Thomas BURT, 3rd Victorian Bushmen.

36 Trooper A BURTON, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

125 Private Charles William BURTON, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.

2043 Private Edward Charles BURTON, 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse, Tasmania.

147 Trooper Fred. Charles BURTON, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

836 Private George Alfred BURTON, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

94 Private George Alfred BURTON, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

87 Sergeant Harold Jefferson BURTON, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

44 Trooper Hubert James BURTON, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

130 Private Jack Field BURTON, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australia.

358 Private John BURTON, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

120 Private Thomas BURTON, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry.

93 Private TP BURTON, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles.

120 Private Walter BURTON, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry.

Corporal BURTON, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry.

 

Further Reading:

Boer War, 1899 - 1902 

South African (Second Boer) War, 1899 - 1902, Australian Forces, Roll of Honour 

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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The following piece is an extract from The Town and Country Journal, 9 December 1899, p. 13.

The Lancers at the Cape.

MELBOURNE, Sunday. - Files of Cape papers to hand to-day give accounts of the reception by the Mayor of the N.S.W. Lancers at Cape Town.

The "Cape Times," in its report, says:

On the Mayoral party boarding the Nineveh the Lancers were drawn up on the main deck forward, and the Mayor, from the top of the fore hatch, addressed them in tones vibrating with feeling. The troopers, in their reddish-brown uniform with scarlet facings and slouched hat, topped by immerse plumes of cocks' feathers, looked the picture of health and energy. They were drawn up four deep in front of the Mayor, each man with a lance in his hand. It was a fresh kind of applause which they introduced in the pauses of the speeches. The hammering of the lance buttes on the planked deck conveyed their meaning perhaps better than any amount of common "hear, hear" would have done. When the troopers had come to attention, the Mayor (Councillor Ball) said: "Fellow colonists, the citizens of Cape Town desire to extend you a very hearty welcome to the shores of South Africa. They appreciate the spirit which prompted you to offer your services to our beloved Sovereign Queen in these trying circumstances. It is not the first occasion on which the colonies have offered to assist the mother country, out this seems to be a specially unique occasion, one that would have drawn together, if there were any need for it, every portion of her Majesty's dominions. (Cheers.) One and all have readily offered their services at this time. The Empire has often been spoken of as consisting of dependencies. But I think the demonstration here to-day, and your presence, and that of others to follow, will prove they are not merely dependencies, but that they realise and recognise they are part and parcel of the great Empire. (Cheers.) We are parcel of the great Empire. (Cheers.) We are not bound together with iron bands, it is true, but we are bound together by stronger ties than iron bands. The long reign of our beloved Sovereign the Queen, indeed, has been a glorious one, and she has won the affection of all her subjects. But there is a flag as well. (Cheers.) Wherever we see that floating we are proud to look upon it, because we know it speaks to us of liberty, of Justice - yes, of honest attempt to better her Majesty's subjects, and to make them happy. (Cheers.) I wish you to-day, fellow colonists, God speed in your work. I trust you will be spared to return safely, and to share in the honours of having endeavoured to maintain the authority, dignity, and honour of this great Empire, of which you form part with us, and not only that, but to carry away with you the gratitude of the citizens of South Africa for your timely assistance. (Cheers.) I wish you again God-speed. (Renewed cheers.)

Mr. O'Reilly, Deputy-Mayor, also spoke, and Captain Cox replied on behalf of himself and his men. He said some few of them would not for certain circumstances be able to go to the front, but the troops as a whole were ready for the work, and they might be trusted to go wherever, they were led. (Cheers.) As bushmen and men used to horses he had no fear of them, and he felt certain they would follow any body anywhere they were asked to follow. (Cheers.) In the afternoon the men were brought ashore and entrained for Wynberg. The quay aides were thick with spectators, and all along the dock road there were thousands of people who cheered and cheered again as the Australians went by with a jaunty swinging stride, their lances at the "carry," and looking as fit as a steel wire. All the war, to the station, and especially down at the to pier end of Adderley Street, the crowd was gigantic and the enthusiasm overwhelming.

Further Reading:

The NSW Lancers, South African War

New South Wales Lancers, Roll of Honour

Boer War, 1899 - 1902

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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The full story is transcribed below.

Daily Life in Camp

CONSTANT SKIRMISHES.

EFFECTS OF SHELL FIRE.

DE AAR (SOUTH AFRICA). January 4, 1900.

Right along the western frontier the various British columns seem to have decided to mark time until the arrival of Lord Roberts, who is expected at the front next week, and no general advance may be looked for at least a fortnight.

At Modder River I found the Boers still busy shifting their guns into more commanding positions, and now and again blazing away in an apparently aimless way with their "Long Tom," while we reply with our 4.7 navel gun "Joe Chamberlain." No damage was done on either side worth mentioning. The whole of the Highland Brigade is absolutely disheartened at its constant losses and rebuffs, and it will take a brilliant victory to put the old time life into them.

Lieutenant Osborne and his men of the New South Wales Lancers have established quite a reputation at Modder. They were perpetually sent out to draw the enemy fire, and are known at the front as "The Fighting 28." At Enslin, where the bulk of the Australian troops are stationed, constant sorties are made, with the view of ascertaining the Boer position, and though nothing has been heard of them in the fighting line an yet, our men are doing very arduous and useful work, scouting, piquet and reconnaissance duty fully occupying their time. Colonel Hoad, of Victoria, command the whole of the Australian contingent at Enslin, which includes the Victoria M.A., 125; Victorian Infantry, 126; West Australian Infantry, 125; South Australian Infantry, 125; N.S.W, Infantry, 125; and Tasmanian Infantry, 87. Captain Legge and Lieutenant Logan and Dover are getting into excellent form and the men are well. There is some talk of the Australian Infantry being kept on lines of communication, and strenuous efforts are being made to mount the NSW men, who can all ride, and would prove very valuable as a mounted regiment. I believe that Sir Alfred Milner has received the suggestion favourably, much to the delight of our boys, who are anxious to be in the thick of it.

Note: HH Spooner died of enteric fever (typhoid) at Deelfontein few months after writing this article.

Further Reading:

New South Wales Lancers

The Fighting 28 

New South Wales Lancers, Roll of Honour 

Boer War, 1899 - 1902

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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South African (Second Boer) War, 1899-1902

Australian Participation - Full Index

Embarkation Roll: BUS to BYT

The following is an alphabetical roll of all Australians known members of the many military formations which embarked overseas during the South African (Second Boer) War, 1899-1902.

Each man is detailed on this reference list with the following information:

Service Number;

Rank on Embarkation;

First Names;

Family Name;

If applicable, any false name employed; and,

Service unit.

Notes

Note 1: All soldiers’ names are linked to the specific unit and date when embarkation occurred.

Note 2: There are duplications of some names in the following list. The reason for this is that the soldier embarked on more than one occasion. This was the simplest way of resolving the problem of multiple entries for a single individual.

Embarkation Roll: BUS to BYT

 

George Howard BUSBY, Cape Mounted Rifles.

42016 Trooper GH BUSBY, 2nd Scottish Horse.

8 Trumpeter William Norman BUSBY, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

3367 Trooper Edgar William BUSH, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

199 Trooper Edgar William BUSH, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

6 Sergeant H BUSH, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

90 Private Henry BUSH, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry.

3046 Driver SP BUSH, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.

172 Private Benjamin BUSHBY, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

40 Private William BUSHBY, 3rd West Australian Bushmen.

448 Private William BUSHBY, 6th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

886 Private William James BUSHER, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

322 Private William James BUSHER, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

927 Trooper Harold BUSSELL, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

451 Private Henry BUSWELL, 6th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

1059 Shoeing Smith Albert Henry BUTCHER, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

60 Private Albert John BUTCHER, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry.

566 Private Albert John BUTCHER, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

3480 Trooper Fred BUTCHER, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

1070 Trooper Frederick William BUTCHER, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

23 Trooper Louis George BUTCHER, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.

995 Private Osmund BUTCHER, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Australian.

810 Trooper Roland Phillip BUTCHER, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

81 Private W BUTEFISCH, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles.

1139 Private Albert James BUTLER, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.

848 Trooper Allan BUTLER, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

2266 Sergeant Archie BUTLER, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

89 Private Arthur Albert BUTLER, 'A' Sqn. NSW Mounted Rifles.

142 Private Arthur Vernon BUTLER, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

425 Trooper Arthur William Thomas BUTLER, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen.

192 Private Bedford BUTLER, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.

35413 Sergeant Charles BUTLER, 1st Scottish Horse.

431 Trooper Charles BUTLER, NSW Citizens' Bushmen.

31553 Trooper Charles Henry Felix BUTLER, 2nd Scottish Horse.

2234 Corporal Charles Henry Felix BUTLER, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

23 Corporal Charles Philip BUTLER, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles.

Christopher BUTLER, Bethune's Mounted Infantry.

308 Lance Corporal EC BUTLER, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

254 Private George BUTLER, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry.

123 Private Hedley Salibury BUTLER, 2nd Tasmanian Bushmen.

2270 Private Herbert Augustus Kingsbury BUTLER, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

1236 Private James BUTLER, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

1114 Trooper James Richard BUTLER, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

436 Corporal John BUTLER, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.

430 Private John Jerimiah BUTLER, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

104 Private Joseph BUTLER, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry.

381 Private Lilford Thomas BUTLER, 3rd Victorian Bushmen.

679 Private Percy Vivian BUTLER, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

1103 Trooper Reuben Joseph BUTLER, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

1183 Shoeing Smith Reuben Joseph BUTLER, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

328 Private Robert Thomas BUTLER, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

2259 Private Vivian George BUTLER, 4th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

453 Private Walter BUTLER, 6th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

Regimental Sergeant Major Walter BUTLER, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

325 Private William BUTLER, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

1050 Private William BUTLER, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

29 Private William Melville BUTLER, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry.

2495 Driver George James BUTT, A' Bty. Royal Australian Artillery.

532 Private George Rawson BUTT, 6th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

539 Private Thomas Charles BUTT, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

59 Private Ernest Archdall BUTTERMER, 2nd West Australian Mounted Infantry.

Lieutenant Archibald William BUTTERWORTH, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

40090 Trooper AG BUTTON, 2nd Scottish Horse.

30 Private Alfred BUTTON, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry.

64 Private Cecil Harncis BUTTON, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

1691 Private George Rowland BUTTON, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

9 Lance Corporal Horace Dacre BUTTON, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

346 Private Walter James BUTTON, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

332 Corporal Henry James Frances BUTTWELL, Army Medical Corps, NSW.

3341 Sergeant Henry James Francis BUTWELL, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

147 Private Henry Bowes BUTZ-BENNET, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

373 Private Francis Joseph BUXTON, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

32 Sergeant Angelo Francis BUZZINI, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry.

405 Private John Jones BYERS, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

98 Private Robert James BYERS, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry.

1838 Trooper Samuel BYERS, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

1394 Private Thomas Frank BYFORD, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.

472 Trooper David George BYNON, 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, West Australia.

228 Private A BYRNE, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

3429 Trooper Bernard BYRNE, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

98 Private Charles BYRNE, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

392 Private Charles D'Arcy BYRNE, 3rd Victorian Bushmen.

368 Private Charles D'Arcy BYRNE, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

491 Private Edward James BYRNE, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

1279 Trooper Frank Patrick BYRNE, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

946 Corporal Frederick Beaumont BYRNE, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen.

946 Private Frederick Beaumont BYRNE, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

89 Trooper George BYRNE, 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

234 Private James BYRNE, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

145 Private James Joseph BYRNE, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

749 Trooper John J BYRNE, NSW Lancers.

1300 Private Matthew BYRNE, NSW Imperial Bushmen.

101 Private Michael Cyril BYRNE, 4th West Australian Mounted Infantry.

367 Trooper Patrick James BYRNE, 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, New South Wales.

108 Private Patrick James BYRNE, 'A' Sqn. NSW Mounted Rifles.

148 Private Peter Paul BYRNE, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

344 Private Stephen M BYRNE, Army Medical Corps, NSW.

213 Private Thomas BYRNE, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry.

130 Private Thomas BYRNE, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

109 Private Thomas James BYRNE, 3rd West Australian Bushmen.

276 Trooper William Edward BYRNE, Bushveldt Carbineers.

134 Private William John Samuel BYRNE, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.

24315 Trooper B BYRNES, 1st Scottish Horse.

Thomas BYRNES, Bethune's Mounted Infantry.

235 Trooper J BYRON, 1st Scottish Horse.

Major John Joseph BYRON, Special Service Officer.

1219 Trooper Robert Walter Herbert BYRON, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.

442 Private William Archer BYRON, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria.

131 Private William Archer BYRON, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen.

39862 Trooper H BYSOUTH, 2nd Scottish Horse.

27 Private Samuel BYTHEWAY, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queensland.

 

Further Reading:

Boer War, 1899 - 1902 

South African (Second Boer) War, 1899 - 1902, Australian Forces, Roll of Honour 

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Posted by Project Leader at 12:01 AM EAST

Updated: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 1:54 PM EADT

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