"At a mile distant their thousand hooves were stuttering thunder, coming at a rate that frightened a man - they were an awe inspiring sight, galloping through the red haze - knee to knee and horse to horse - the dying sun glinting on bayonet points..." Trooper Ion Idriess
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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. 45 - 47A:
Australian Horse
1062 Trooper John Henry Macartney ABBOTT
1063 Trooper John ALICK
1064 Trooper John Alexander Stewart ANDREW
947 Trooper John Henry APPLEBY
916 Shoeing Smith Alfred William ARMSTRONG
Squadron Sergeant Major Herbert ARNOLD
984 Trooper Wallace Dalton BALL
245 Sergeant Sydney Charles BARNES
5 Trooper Thomas W BARNES
1065 Trooper Frederick Frank BASHFORD
1066 Trooper Walter Montgomery BELL
845 Trooper Alexander BISHOP
1067 Trooper Leslie Stuart BISLEY
157 Trooper William Henderson BLACK
747 Trooper John BONNER
912 Trooper William Thomas BONNER
1061 Corporal Trumpeter David Henry Trayer BOOTH
641 Trooper William BORELAND
748 Trooper Charles Clifton BOSSLEY
Vet. Lieutenant H BOWKER
990 Trooper Herbert Throsby BRIDGES
1068 Trooper Henry Joseph BROSI
1108 Trooper Peter BROWN
208 Trooper James BUCHOLTZ
1069 Trooper Donald C CAMERON
1070 Trooper William CAMERON
1070 Trooper William Valentine COOPER
956 Trooper Reginald Belmore COX
994 Trooper James CROWLEY
996 Trooper Duncan CUMMING
391 Trooper Michael Joseph CUMMINS
1071 Trooper William Joseph CURRIE
1072 Trooper Arthur Ernest D'ARCEY
17 Trumpeter Ernest Anthony DOBSON
1073 Trooper Frederick William DOLMAN
Lieutenant Willoughby Vincent DOWLING
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Lancelot Arthur DOWSON
38 Sergeant Herbert Frederick DOYLE
Regimental Sergeant Major George Charles DUNCAN
974 Trooper Samuel John DUNN
812 Trooper William EAMES
Lieutenant Alfred EBSWORTH
999 Trooper William John ELLIS
1060 Corporal Alexander Robert Leslie FERGUSON
737 Lance Corporal George James FIRMAN
301 Trooper Thomas FOGARTY
892 Shoeing Smith Michael John FORD
431 Trooper Samuel Charles FULLER
893 Trumpeter Charles Anthony GILCHRIST
1007 Trooper Horace William GILCHRIST
1074 Trooper Richard Henry GOWLAND
1075 Trooper Cecil Horace GRANVILLE
1107 Farrier Sergeant William GRAY
181 Trooper Wengel GRENENGER
367 Trumpeter Sergeant Major George Allman GRIFFIN
Boer War, 1899 - 1902, Australian Forces, 1st Australian Horse, Roll of Honour Topic: BW - NSW - Aust H
Boer War, 1899 - 1902
Australian Forces
Roll of Honour
1st Australian Horse
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 Australian Horse and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the 1st Australian Horse or another unit during the Boer War.
Killed in Action, 15 January 1900, Mr Foster's farm at Kleinfontein
Place of burial
Colesberg Garden of Rememberance
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
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From - Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. Murray, Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, p. 8:
Extract from Report of Major GL Lee, New South Wales Lancers
Monday, 15th January:
About 5.15 p.m I saw Colonel Porter with Warrant Officer Duncan and Private Buckhotz, 1st Australian Horse. The latter reported that Lieutenant Dowling's patrol had been surrounded and cut up, and that he was the only one who had escaped. Warrant-Officer Duncan and two others had been detached by Lieutenant Dowling to examine Foster's farm, and so escaped.
The patrol had reconnoitred, according to instructions and was about returning to camp when Warrant-Officer Duncan with two men was detached to examine Mr Foster's farm at Kleinfontein. After doing so, he went in search of Lieutenant Dowling's party, failing to find them, he concluded they had reed to camp. At 4:30 p.m. I was informed that a Now South males Lancer patrol had, been cut up.
Upon examination it was found that Sqdn. Sergeant-Major Griffin, 1st Australian Horse, had been killed, and Corporal Kilpatrick, New South Wales Lancers; was found severely wounded through the lungs, and lower jaw smashed.
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