4th South Australian Bushmen's Contingent, Boer War 1899-1902
Author: Neil C. Smith
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 40
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Author: Neil C. Smith
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 40
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Craig Wilcox
Publisher: Craig WIlcox
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 106
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains a guide to researching the records of those Australians who served in the Boer War, 1899-1902.
Author: Neil C. Smith
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13: 9781876179267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Neil C. Smith
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 162
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Geoffrey Watts
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Published: 2024
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780645923728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeorge Harding was a South Australian who, in 1900, enlisted with the Fourth Victorian Contingent for service in South Africa during the Boer War. He recorded his experiences in a diary, beginning soon after he arrived at the Portuguese East African Port of Beira and finishing just over a year later, as he departed from East London in South Africa for the return journey to Melbourne by ship. His diary records the life of a soldier. This book not only contains a transcription of his diary but also provides articles from The Age newspaper, reporting on events prior to the departure of the Fourth Victorian Contingent to South Africa and following his return to Australia. There is also an outline of George Harding's life.
Author: Neil C. Smith
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 9781876179915
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alan L. Fogg
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 143
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert L. Wallace
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 480
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbout three-quarters of a century has passed since the Australians faced Mauser and pom pom fire and suffered the ravages of disease in South Africa. Sadly the story of the Australian contribution in the Boer War is not well known. This is surprising because no less than 16,175 enlisted men embarked to fight in South Africa. It was the first significant force to leave Australia. There were also many who either worked or paid a passage to the front. The South African regiments raised in Natal and Cape Colony all contained them. Many Australian refugees from Paul Kruger's Republic also served in the colonial regiments. Altogether the number of fighting Australians must have been 20,000 or more. In fact Australians seem to have taken part in almost every major engagement, for some fought with British regular units. From the manner in which Australians bore themselves in a highly mobile campaign, in a country similar to their own, they earned a reputation second to none as mounted infantry and scouts. After such a lapse of time, any worthwhile account of their record in the campaign over the best part of three years would hardly be possible but for the preservation in the newspapers of the day of soldiers' letters from the front. The exploits and comments told in the words of the men who were there, on veldt and kopje, fitted into the story of a moving campaign, form the basis of this history.
Author: Australia. Department of Defence
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 628
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