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QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (20587 Tpr: J. Carney. Brabant’s Horse.);
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. J. Carney.)

John Joseph Carney served during the Boer War as a Trooper with the 2nd Brabant’s Horse. He later served on the Western Front from September 1917, firstly as a Second Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry and later as a Lieutenant in the Chinese Labour Corps; initially detailed to free troops for front line duties, the Chinese labourers of 1918-20 were heavily engaged in the dangerous work of clearing the battlefields of ordnance and assisting with the rebuilding of communities in France and Belgium. Their work was hampered by a language barrier and outbreaks of disease, notably cholera at the worker’s camp of Noyelles-sur-Mer; the local cemetery contains the graves of 842 men of the C.L.C., each engraved with Chinese characters and guarded by two stone lions, gifts from China.

TROOPER CHARLES ROBERT LINTON: 2ND BATTALION BRABANT'S HORSE.

According to the Nominal Roll for the regiment, Charles Robert Linton enlisted into Brabant's Horse on 5th February 1900. I can find no regimental number pertaining to his service. This may be because he is recorded as discharged on 20th February 1900 after just 15 days service!

Findmypast was the next port of call for me where we see that Charles attested to Nesbitt's Horse on 8th October 1900 at Drie Vleis. He declared his age to be 22 and born in 1878 in Australia. He conveniently decided not to inform the recruitment officer of his 15 day stint with Brabant's Horse, but did confess to being a butcher by trade.

He took his discharge at some point from Nesbitt's outfit and is next seen as 413 Corporal with the Port Elizabeth Town Guard.

He appears to have come through the war unscathed, having found no record of him in the casualty lists, and married Adriana Joubert on 22nd October 1903 at Uitenhage where he was employed as a shunter on the railways.

In his later years he resided at 288 Market Street, Fairview, Johannesburg and lived until 67 years of age, dying on 30th June 1945 from cardiac failure and terminal bronchi-pneumonia from which complaint he had suffered for the last few years of his life.
This old Australian soldier's remains were interred at Braamfontein Cemetery in Johannesburg (source: Familysearch).

Queen's South Africa medal with single clasp for service in Cape Colony awarded to Trooper Charles Robert Linton.



Officially impressed rank and name to the rim.


Officially impressed regimental naming to the rim.

Steve,

It is interesting that the authorities chose to name to medal to BrH and not NeH.

There is no BrJ attestation that I can see. Here is his NeH from which you already have the information.

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QSA (4) Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Tpr. G. A. Gross Brabants Horse.) Impressed.

George Augustus Gross, Department Manager and Salesman, born 1879 at Newcastle NSW; Enlisted 19 Jun 1900 at Queenstown, South Africa in A Sqn 1st Brabants Horse; served in ops against the Boers near Reitzburg and on the Basuto Border to Bethlehem and across the Vaal Aug1900 and to South West Cape Colony; Discharged 9 Feb 1901 at Cape Town; Died 1946.

Noble say 'Also entitled to King's South Africa Medal with clasp South Africa 1901.' but this is incorrect. He is entitled to the SA01 clasp on his QSA, as per WO100/237p146

Firth three QSA clasps on WO100/237p40