Australian units

The contingents supplied by Victoria were:

Other Contingents/Units in which NSW and Victorian troops served include: 5th and 6th Australian Contingent, Royal Australian Artillery, Australian Army Medical Corps, Doyle's Scouts, Cameron's Victorian Scouts and the Intelligence Department.

The first Victorian quota of the Commonwealth Horse, numbering 360 officers and men, sailed on the St Andrew on 12th February 1902.  On arrival they were present at some of the closing scenes in the Western Transvaal.  The colony's section of the second Commonwealth contingent sailed on the Templemore on 27th March, and that of the third Commonwealth Horse, over 400, on 19th May.  Victoria contributed about 300 recruits to the Scottish Horse.

Click on the icon to read the account of this unit from Lt Col P L Murray's 1911 'Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa'

The Honours and awards gained by the Victoria Contingents:

Lieutenant L C Maygar, 5th VMR, gained the Victoria Cross.

Surname:  Forename/inits:  Regimental no:  Rank:  Notes:  Search Options: \nDefault Search \nExact Search \nBegins With...
(374 Records)

Surname	Forename/inits	Regimental no	Rank	Notes
Adams	E		Private	Source: OZ-Boer database
Adler	FR	25	Private	Source: OZ-Boer database
Aitkens	D G	264	Bugler	Missing in action. Karee Siding, 1 May 1900 Released. Mounted Rifles Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
Anderson	D	1462	Private	Severely wounded. Wilmansrust, 12 June 1901 Mounted Rifles Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
Anderson	H A		Lieutenant	Victorian Mounted Rifles. MID LG: 9 July 1901, page: 4554. Source: General Kitchener. 8 May 1901. Re: General mentions This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War
Anderson	J W	27A	Private	Severely wounded. Johannesburg, 30 May 1900 Mounted Rifles Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
Anderson	Julia B		Nursing Sister	Victorian Nurses Source: OZ-Boer database
Ashley	A F	1630	Private	Slightly wounded. Wilmansrust, 12 June 1901 Mounted Rifles Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
Atkinson	M W	65	Private	Died of disease. Smithfield, 27 June 1900 Mounted Rifles Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
Bain	W A	1472	Private	Slightly wounded. Wilmansrust, 12 June 1901 Mounted Rifles Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
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