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South Africa
Nature of the Boer War
Mafeking township
Relief of Mafeking
Aftermath at Mafeking
Maffra, Victoria,
Australia
News of Mafeking's relief
Weekend celebrations
Mafeking Hill Park
Gippsland
List of servicemen
Photographs
References
Boer War
[right:
details from the
Bairnsdale Boer
War Memorial]
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Mafeking (South Africa), the Boer War
(1899-1902) and Maffra's connection
[Note: this is not a history of the Boer
War but an explanation of Maffra's association with it]
Gippsland
representatives in the mounted contingents raised by the Victorian Colonial
Government
It would
seem that the colonial troops
generally arrived after the initial successes. The following list of Gippsland
participants is derived from Allan Box's Saddle & Spur ; those who seek
detailed activities of the various contingents should consult this excellent
text (see "References" for full publication details).
The names of the members of each contingent are
arranged in alphabetical order and not according to rank.
Names in red
indicate those who died while in South Africa.
It should be noted that these were not the only
Gippslanders to serve in the war as some joined other colonial and
later Commonwealth units, as well as a few who joined the British Army.
Those who lost their lives serving in these other units are listed at the end of
this column.

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First Victorian Contingent
Left Melbourne 28/10/1899; arrived home 4/12/1900
Pte M. W. Atkinson (Sale)
Pte G. J. Bell (Maffra)
Pte J. Bolding (Morwell)
Pte C. H. Brain (Sale)
Pte H. E. Cock (Morwell)
Pte H, J. Colley (Drouin)
Cpl J. W. Connor (Sale)
Pte A. E. Gifford (Sale)
Pte J. Griggs (Yarragon)
Pte T, H. Holmes (Morwell)
Pte L. M. Inglis (Koonwarra)
Pte J. W. Keeble (Darnum)
Pte G. Kingston (Sale)
Pte H. M. Kirwin (Moe)
Pte A. Lawdorn (Moe)
Pte N. McLean (Maffra)
Cpl E. Mawley (Sale)
Pte E. Nadenbousch (Morwell)
Pte V. H. Payne (Stony Creek)
Pte T. J. Rose (Morwell)
Pte C. G. Strietberg (Darnum)
Sgt P. J. C. Wallace (Sale)
Pte A. H. Wilson (Sale)
Second Victorian Contingent
Left Melbourne 13/01/1900; arrived home 4/12/1900
Sgt J. T. Allinson (Warragul)
Pte H. Bayley (Thorpdale)
Pte J. A. Beecher (Stratford)
Pte W. R. Bell (Moe)
Pte J. Broadfoot (Cowwarr)
Pte C. Bruhn (Mirboo)
Pte W. J. Cochrane (Stratford)
Pte E. R. Cock (Drouin)
Pte A. H. Cox (Sale)
Pte G. Davis (Rosedale)
Pte J. Duff (Drouin)
Pte G. H. Fechner (Moe)
Pte J. W. Fechner (Moe)
Pte H. A. Gooch (Sale)
Pte A. Greenwood (Sale)
Pte T. P. J. Hall (Sale)
Pte J. J. Hasthorpe (Moe)
Pte A. E. Howard (Sale)
Pte R. Johnstone (Sale)
Pte A. E. Lancaster (Warragul)
Pte C. Lawdorn (Moe)
Pte J. Loder (Sale)
Pte G. L. MacDonald (Sale)
Cpl J. McGowan (Warragul)
Sgt H. A. McLachlan (Sale)
Pte C. W. C. McLeod (Sale)
Pte A. McPherson (Moe)
Pte A. J. Ogilvy (Drouin South)
Pte P. B. Peters (Yarragon)
Pte G. Pettit (Morwell)
Pte L. E. Rogers (Longwarry Sth)
Pte M. C. A. Shaw (Morwell)
Pte J. Tweedie (Stratford)
Lieut. T. A. Umphelby (Rosedale)
Lieut. T. F. Umphelby (Rosedale)
Pte W. H. Weir (Stratford)
Pte D. White (Morwell)
Pte E. G. Wilson (Sale)
Third Victorian (Bushmen's) Contingent
Left Melbourne 10/03/1900; arrived home 9/05/1901
Pte H. C. Bake (Aberfeldy)
Pte W. H. Bartlett (Neerim South)
Pte G. A. Beecher (Stratford)
S/Smith H. W. Beecher (Stratford )
Pte G. Bellmer (Warragul)
Pte G. W. Bolding (Morwell)
Pte S. B. Brocker (Warragul)
Pte H. Chester (Glenmaggie)
Pte D. N. Christensen (Glengarry)
Pte A. M. Davies (Narre Warren)
Captain W. W. Dobbin (Nambrok)
Pte W. M. Fisher (Sth Gippsland)
Pte G. E. Fryer (Toongabbie)
Pte A. Geary (Yarragon)
Pte S. Gilbert (Buchan)
Pte T. D. Grace (Cassillis)
Pte D. B. Graham (Narracan)
Pte J. S. Gullan (Metung)
Pte W. H. Hamilton (Walhalla)
Pte H. Hazel (Toongabbie)
Pte J. R. Henty (Maffra)
Pte F. Heywood (Bairnsdale)
Pte J. J. Jones (Stratford )
Pte J. Kennedy (Toongabbie)
Pte B. P. Lang (Glengarry)
Pte L. J. Lee (Lindenow)
Pte G. J. Loutit (Walhalla)
Pte J. Mclnnes (Morwell)
Pte J. McLure (Won Wron)
Pte W. McNamara (Traralgon)
Pte W. Mitchell (Darnum)
Sgt D. H. Pruden (Sale)
Pte J. Richards (Toora)
Pte C. Ridley (Stockdale)
Pte W. Rudd (Carrajung)
Chaplain Smith McBain (Stratford)
Pte G. F. Thorburn (Omeo)
Pte H. O. Walford (Bulumwaal)
Pte G, W. Williams (Leongatha)
Fourth (Imperial) Victorian Contingent
Left Melbourne 1/05/1900; arrived home 12/06/1900
Pte S. M. Abrahamson (Walhalla)
Pte L. C. Aeschlimann (Arawata)
Pte G. Berry (Toongabbie)
Pte C. E. Bloxham (Dargo)
Pte E. P. Bourke (Bairnsdale)
Pte J. B. Bourke (Bairnsdale)
Pte G. R. Bruce (Longwarry)
Pte J. J. Burgoyne (Maffra)
Pte A. Cameron (South Gippsland)
Pte F. J. Caughey (Iguana Creek)
Captain H. B. Chalmers (Tooradin)
Pte J. W. Crighton (Warragul)
Pte S. A. Dalton (Berwick)
Pte A. A. Davis (Gippsland)
Pte A. H. Davis (Sale)
Pte H. E. Davis (Sale)
Pte G. Drane (Glengarry)
Pte J. R. Drane (Traralgon)
Pte M. Dunlop (Kooweerup)
Pte E. Edwards (Fernbank)
Pte M. Enright (Toongabbie)
Cpl H. J. Esler (Lang Lang)
Pte A. E. Fidge (South Gippsland)
Pte J. M. Finlayson (Korumburra)
Pte W. C. Francis (South Gippsland)
Pte F. Gooding (Giffard)
Pte E. Greenwood (Sale)
Pte A. N. Gregg (Poowong)
Pte G. FA. W. Gwyther (Leongatha)
Pte J. Hall (South Gippsland)
Pte E. G. Halse (Foster)
Pte J. T. Hayes (Rosedale)
Pte G. D. B. H. Holmes (Bairnsdale)
Pte S. Horsley (Gormandale)
Pte J. Jefferyes (Mirboo North)
Pte A. H. Johnson (Gippsland)
Pte J. Jonson (Cunninghame/Hospital Creek)
Pte M. G. Killeen (Stratford)
Pte R. C. Killeen (Stratford)
Pte R. C. Kinley (Bairnsdale)
Pte J. Kivlighon (Dutson)
Cpl T. Kivlighon (Dutson)
Pte J. C. Langley (Loch)
Pte O. G. Lehmann (Loch)
Pte F. Lindsay (Korumburra)
Pte J. S. McDonald (Gippsland)
Pte T. W. McGrath (Walhalla)
Pte C. A. McRae (Willung)
Lieut C. J. C. Mason (Beaconsfield)
L/Cpl W. D. Mays (Bairnsdale)
Pte G. Mesely (Omeo)
Pte D. Murphy (Omeo)
Pte A. Neilson (Traralgon)
Pte H. G. Newton (Bairnsdale)
Pte M. Nolan (Tarwin Lower)
Pte E. H. O’Brien (Inverloch)
Pte A. Park (Glen Alvie)
Pte J. Perry (Orbost)
Pte W. T. Poole (Stratford)
Pte J. H. Quiney (Omeo)
Pte W. Riley (Cowwarr)
Pte H T. Rowe (Traralgon)
Pte J. C. Ryan (Maffra)
Pte G. R. Scott (Gippsland)
Pte C. W. H. Southern (Korumburra)
Pte R. J. Stephenson (Bairnsdale)
Pte R. W. Taylor (Outtrim)
Pte C. Thompson (Gippsland)
Pte A. H. Thorpe (Mirboo North)
Pte C. J. Thorpe (Mirboo North)
Pte J. A. Tweedie (Stratford)
Pte A. Walker (Gippsland)
Pte H. A. Walker (Gippsland)
Pte H. Watts (Korumburra)
Pte E. W. Whitaker (Buchan)
Pte W. W. Williams (Maffra)
Pte W. Williamson (Bena)
Pte J. J. Wilson (Sale)
Pte C. Winchester (Foster)
Pte A. T. Woodman (Bairnsdale)
Pte G. H. Wyatt (Buchan)
Pte W. I. Young (Bairnsdale)
Fifth Victorian Contingent
(the last formed by the Colonial Government)
15/02/1901; arrived home 25/04/1902
Pte A. G. Amor (Walhalla)
Pte R. W. Barabor (Traralgon)
Sgt J. A. Beecher (Gippsland)
Pte W. W. Beecher (Gippsland)
Lieut G. J. Bell (Maffra)
Pte G. A Bennett (Warragul)
Sgt L. E. Bent (Sale)
Pte E. Biggins (Outtrim)
Pte B. E. Biram (Warragul)
Pte L. B. Borland (Yarragon)
Pte J. W. Bott (Rosedale)
Pte E. Z. Bregenza (Meeniyan)
Pte W. R. Briggs (Gippsland)
Pte H. R. Brooks (Gippsland)
Pte R. G. Bryant (Traralgon)
Pte T. F. Byford (Moe)
Pte F. J. Caughey (Iguana Creek)
Pte A. Clark (South Gippsland)
Pte A. Cochran (Sale)
Pte W. H. Craven (Morwell)
L/Cpl E. J. Cummins (Warragul)
Pte W. S. Cunningham (Boolarra)
Pte A. B. Davidson (Moe)
Pte G. Davis (Rosedale)
Pte G. Dow (Moe)
Pte S. Esler (South Gippsland)
Pte A. W. Freeman (Korumburra)
Pte W. Gardner (Foster)
Pte A. H. Giles (Mirboo North)
Pte F. C. Homel (Warragul)
Pte P. J. Jarvie (Morwell)
Pte O. J. Jefferyes (Mirboo North)
Pte F. Johnson (Lindenow)
Pte H. J. Jones (Stratford)
Pte J. W. B. Jones (Moe)
Pte T. Kennedy (Lindenow)
Pte J. J. Kirby (Korumburra)
Pte H. S. Lamb (Sale)
Pte J. Lee (Foster)
Pte R. W. Leith (Drouin)
Pte C. A. Lindan (Leongatha)
Pte C. Linden (Moe)
Pte F. L. Loch (Gippsland)
Pte A. H. Love (Outtrim)
Pte L. A. J. Lowther (Gippsland)
Pte M. J. Lynch (Drouin)
Pte M. T. McDonald (Yinnar)
Pte F. A. McFee (Phillip Island)
Pte J. McKerlie (Warragul)
Pte G. F. McRae (Gippsland)
Pte E. Mandey (Sale)
Pte J. Maynard (Drouin)
Pte A. L. Mills (Glengarry)
Pte D. Newton (Outtrim)
Pte S. Newton (Outtrim)
Pte D. Nicholson (Moe)
Pte J. Nuttall (Morwell)
Pte M. O’Brien (Inverloch)
Pte G. Pettit (Morwell)
Pte C. Potter (Bairnsdale)
S/Smith J. Rankin (Sale/Trafalgar)
Pte H. W. L. Rayner (Bairnsdale)
Pte J. H. Rickards (Yarragon)
Cpl C. Shearer (Meeniyan)
Pte J. J. Shepherd (Walhalla)
Pte J. H. Sherar (Gippsland)
Pte W. Slater (Walhalla)
Pte J. Steele (Korumburra)
Pte T. L. Symons (Traralgon)
Sgt W. T. Thackaberry (Darnum)
Pte J. P. Thompson (Morwell)
Pte A. G. Thurgood (Maffra)
Pte C. D. Timbury (Glengarry)
Pte W. E. S. Tootell (Gippsland)
Pte E. A. Valpied (Toora)
Pte A. A. Warner (Warragul)
Pte W. J. Weidner (Warragul)
Pte A. Wellington (Toongabbie)
Pte T. P. Williamson (Garfield)
Pte A. Wyndham (Bairnsdale)
These additional names appear on either
Bairnsdale's or Sale's Boer War Memorial
These men served with units
other than those above.
Sadl M. J. Davis
Pte R. McGregor (Lindenow)
Sgt J. G. J. Molloy
Sgt J. H. Stevenson
Trooper F. (or T.) Walker
Pte R. A. Watson (Bindi)
Pte G. E. W. Wilmot (Metung)
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