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Boer War 1899-1902 

Surnames S

These pages are a memorial to the 34 Tasmanians who lost their life in the Boer War. As part of the British Empire, Government of the day offered troops to fight the local farmers (or Boers) in South Africa. Tasmanians served mainly in mounted units, often known as “Mounted Rifles”, “Bushmen” or “Imperial Bushmen”.  They fought in both the British counter offensive of 1900 and in the long, weary guerrilla phases of the war lasting until 1902.

A full list of all Tasmanians who served in the following Contingents  MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES DECORATIONS AND ORDERS
1st (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) 27th October 1899-7th December 1900 Lieutenant Colonel Watchorn Colonel Cameron C.B.
1st (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Reinforcements 18th January 1900-7 December 1900 Captain Adams Mercury” 31st. July 1902  Colonel Wallack C.B.
2nd (Tasmanian Bushmen) 5th March 1900-14th June 1901 Lieutenant Boyes Mercury” 31st. July 1902  Colonel Watchorn C.B.
3rd (First Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen) 26th April 1900-5th August 1901 Lieutenant McCormick Mercury” 31st. July 1902  DECORATION
4th (Second Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen) 27th March 1901-25th June 1902 Lieutenant Richardson Mercury” 31st. July 1902  Major R.C.Lewis D.S.O.
1st. Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas) 16th February 1902-9th August 1902 Transport Sgt Coombe Mercury” 31st. July 1902  Captain A. Riggall D.S.O.
3rd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas) 8th April 1902-9th August 1902 Sergeant James Murphy Mercury” 31st. July 1902  Lieutenant R. Perkins D.S.O.
8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas) 21st May 1902-28th July 1902 Sergeant Kemsley Mercury” 31st. July 1902  Lieutenant G.E.Wylly V.C.
  Trooper Cawthorn  Mercury” 31st. July 1902  Lieutenant J. H. Bisdee V.C.
    Sergeant Major Costello D.C.M.
    Trooper Clark D.C.M.
    Trooper Groom D.C.M.

# Honours and Awards          Name  Died on Service

SALE, Arthur Arnold 

Rank Captain

Service Number

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent

SALTER, William Hobart

Rank Private

Service Number  No 315

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

SANDISON, William

Rank Corporal

Service Number  No 235

 4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent          

SARGEANT, Dudley Herbert

Rank Private

Service Number 

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

 SAUNDERSON, George

Rank Private

Service Number  No 230

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

 SAUNDERSON, Thomas

Rank Private

Service Number  No 348

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)
SCADON, Robert William

Rank Private

Service Number No 319

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

SCOLL, William Charles Stewart 

Rank Private

Service Number  No 227

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

SCOTT, Alfred Henry

Rank Private

Service Number  No 321

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent           

SCOTT, James

Rank Saddler

Service Number  No 2119

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

 SCRITCHLEY, William Edmund

Rank Private

Service Number  No 317

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

 SHADWICK, Frank

Rank Private

Service Number  No 1197

1 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)
SHARP, Charles

Rank Bugler

Service Number No 2087

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

SHAW, George

Rank Sergeant

Service Number  No 4

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent

SHAW, Henry Ashburner

Rank Lieutenant

Service Number 

 3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)          

SHAW, James

Rank Farrier/Sgt

Service Number  No 7

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent

 SHEARING, George

Rank Private

Service Number  No 229

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

 SHEGOG, Albert Edward

Rank Private

Service Number  No 233

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent
SHEGOG, William Lowry

Rank Sgt Major

Service Number No 117

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent

SHEPHERD, John

Rank Private

Service Number  No 351

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

SHEPHERD, Joseph

Rank Private

Service Number 

 8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)        

SHERRIN, Oscar Herbert

Rank Corporal

Service Number  No 313 

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

 SHIELDS, James Robert

Rank Trooper

Service Number  No 94

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent

 SIBLEY, Walter

Rank Private

Service Number  No 349

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)
SIMMONDS, Frank Ernest 

Rank Private

Service Number No 228

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

SIMMONDS, William John

Rank Private

Service Number  No 350

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

SIMPSON, Arthur Whitfield

Rank Trooper

Service Number  No 97

 3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent          

SIMPSON, Charles

Rank Trooper

Service Number  No 95

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent

 SIMPSON, Walter John   

Rank Tasmania

Service Number  No 96

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent

 SIMS, Arthur Edward

Rank Private

Service Number  No 163

2 (Tas Bushmen) Contingent (Promoted Corporal)
SKINNER, Harold

Rank Trooper

Service Number No 98

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent

SMALLHORN, Herbert

Rank Private

Service Number  No 117

1 (Tas) Contingent

SMALLHORN, Herbert Ernest 

Rank Corporal

Service Number  No 1234

1 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)         

SMITH, Albert

Rank Private

Service Number  No 2057

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

 SMITH, Charles

Rank Corporal

Service Number  No 2034

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

 SMITH, Charles James

Rank Private

Service Number  No 234

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent
SMITH, Fenton Magnus

Rank Private

Service Number No 72

1 (Tas) Contingent

SMITH, John Robert

Rank Private

Service Number  No 318

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

SMITH, Norman Banks

Rank Trooper

Service Number  No 99

 3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent       

SMITH, Robert Arthur

Rank Private

Service Number  No 75 

1 (TAS) Contingent

 SMITH, Richard Percival

Rank Corporal

Service Number  No 95

1 (TAS) Contingent

 SMITH, Thomas

Rank Farrier Sgt

Service Number  No 160

2 (Tas Bushmen) Contingent
SMITH, Thomas

Rank Farrier Sgt

Service Number No 2114

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

SMITH, Vernon

Rank Corporal

Service Number  No 161

2 (Tas Bushmen) Contingent (Prom Q’Master Sgt)

SMITH, William Arthur

Rank Private

Service Number  No 316

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent      

SMITH, William Henry 

Rank Private

Service Number  No 353

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

 SMITH, William Thomas

Rank Private

Service Number  No 354

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

 SMYTHE, Alan Blackmore

Rank Sergeant

Service Number  No 256

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)
SOMMERVILL, William

Rank Private 

Service Number No 335

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

SPENCER, Thomas Alfred

Rank Captain

Service Number 

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

STAGG, Frederick George 

Rank Private

Service Number  No 2151

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)           

STAGG, Pitman John

Rank Private

Service Number  No 102

1 (Tas) Contingent

 STANWORTH, James Benjamin

Rank Private

Service Number  No 165

2 (Tas Bushmen) Contingent (Promoted Corporal)

 STAPLES, George Lyndon 

Rank Private

Service Number  No 355

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)
STEPHENS, Edward William 

Rank Sergeant 

Service Number No 3

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent

STEPHENS, Edward William 

Rank Lieutenant

Service Number 

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

STEPHENSON, Charles Morrison

Rank Private

Service Number  No 33

1 (Tas) Contingent        

STEPNELL, Joseph

Rank Corporal

Service Number  No 8

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent

 STEWART, John Alexander

Rank L/Corporal 

Service Number  No 271

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

 STEWART, John Charles

Rank Private

Service Number  No 356

8 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)
STEWART, Kenneth Henry   

Rank Private 

Service Number No 314

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

STOCKER, Archie

Rank Trooper  

Service Number  No 102 

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent (Promoted Sergeant)

STOREY, Cameron Richard 

Rank Trooper 

Service Number  No 101 

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent     

STOURTON, Reginald Norman Joseph 

Rank Lieutenant  

Service Number 

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

 STREET, Harold Sydney   

Rank Private

Service Number  No 2073

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

 STREET, James Robert

Rank Private

Service Number  No 231 

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent
STREET, Robert Edward

Rank Private

Service Number No 232

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

STUART, Robert Charles Andrew

Rank Private

Service Number  No 2136

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

SUCHE, Alfred James Parnell 

Rank Colour Sgt 

Service Number  No 334

 4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent          

SUITOR, Alban    

Rank Private

Service Number  No 352

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

 SULLIVAN, Joseph

Rank Private

Service Number  No 164

2 (Tas Bushmen) Contingent

 SUMMERS, Mervyn Alfred

Rank Sergeant

Service Number  No 6

3 (1 Tas Imperial) Contingent
SUTTON, Roland Thomas

Rank Private

Service Number No 320

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

SWAN, Henry

Rank Private

Service Number  No 2102

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

SWAN, Morton Henry

Rank Private

Service Number  No 9

1 (Tas) Contingent       

SWAN, Morton Henry

Rank Lieutenant

Service Number 

4 (2 Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

 SWAN, Ronald Arthur

Rank Lieutenant 

Service Number 

3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

 SWEENEY, William

Rank Private

Service Number  No 162

2 (Tas Bushmen) Contingent
SWIFTE, Allan Henry

Rank Private

Service Number No 1217

1 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)

 

 

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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