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| Surname | | NEWLAND |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Victor Marra |
| Regimental Number | | 59 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles |
| State | | SA |
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Murray: Victor Mara, Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 16.4.1901 Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Bail: ?NEWMAN.
Source:# 322 Lance Corporal SA, on 'Runic'.
URL1: partner in Newland, Tarlton & Co. outfitters of Nairobi in 1914, visiting S. Aust.
URL2: Queen's South Africa Medal & ?6 clasps.
URL3: Victor Marra a wool clerk with Elder Smith & Co., son of Mr. Simpson NEWLAND of Burnside SA, born 1876 at Marra Stn. on R. Darling, educated at St. Peter's College and Queen's School N. Adelaide, single, 3 months 1Sqn. Mounted Rifles.
URL5: George ALDRIDGE, by the way, was in the 2nd Contingent with some of South Australia's best known sons, including the Veterans' Association secretary, FC PFLAUM, and "Mick" NEWLAND who stayed in Africa and became a partner at Nairobi in the the big game outfitting firm of Newland & Tarlton, which organised expeditions for Theodore ROOSEVELDT (ex-President of the USA), FC SELOUS and others of imperishable fame.
URL8: In "To Brightest Africa' by Carl E AKELEY ... Two South Australians. There is appreciative reference in the chapter on safari hunters to Mr. Leslie J TARLTON and his partner, Major NEWLAND, both South Australians. "No description of British East Africa,'' the author says, "is complete without some reference "to TARLTON, the Boer War veteran, now known to hunters the world over because of the flourishing business he has built up in in Nairobi — a part of which is equipping safari hunters with everything from food to niggers." AKELEY says he was the first safari client in 1905 of Newland Tarlton and Company, and since that time Newland and Tarlton have prepared skins and packed and shipped them for innumerable Safari. "TARLTON," he adds, "was the best game shot I have ever known." There is much more concerning Mr. TARLTON's prowess and his wonderful versatility.
URL9: family details of Mr. Victor Mark NEWLAND, who earned a Distinguished Service Medal (sic) in connection with the Second South Australian Contingent at the Boer War, and afterwards settled in British East Africa.
Source:# 1353 see NEWLAND Victor Marra (Mick) (1876-1953) by GK JENKIN in Aust. Dictionary of Biography 1988.
URL10: Victor Marra NEWLAND (1876-1953), third son of Simpson and Jane NEWLAND, was born on 18.8.1876 at Marra station. He attended Queen's School, North Adelaide, and the Collegiate School of St Peter; he then joined the South Australian Mounted Rifles to fight in the South African War, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct and Queen's medals. In 1903 in Nairobi, British East Africa (Kenya), he ran a land and stock agency. Two years later he formed Newland, Tarlton & Co. Ltd, safari outfitters. NEWLAND was a president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and a member of the colony's Legislative Council. In 1909 he married Elsie Margaret PORTER. In World War I he joined the King's African Rifles and, in a campaign where 'one lived like a pig and died like a dog', attained the rank of major, was twice mentioned in dispatches, and was awarded the Military Cross and OBE. NEWLAND returned to Adelaide in 1919, formed the firm VM Newland & Hunter, and joined the Stock Exchange in 1923. In 1933-38 he represented North Adelaide for the Liberal and Country League in the House of Assembly. Survived by two daughters, NEWLAND died in Adelaide on 12.1.1953.
Ad. Observer: ROOSEVELT IN AFRICA- A GREAT EXPEDITION OUTLINED by VM NEWLAND ... all arrangements have been placed in the bands of Newland, Tarlton, and Co., Limited, the resident directors of which firm are Messrs. VM NEWLAND and Leslie J TARLTON, both of them South Australians.
Ad. Advertiser: ST. PETER'S COLLEGE. A MEMORIAL TABLET. OLD SCHOLARS SERVICE. An interesting ceremony was performed at St. Peter's College on Sunday morning [7.9.1902] when the Bishop of Adelaide unveiled a tablet recording the names of the old boys who fought for the Empire in the late Boer war. The memorial was erected by the Old Scholars' Association, and on it are inscribed the names of just four score soldiers who saw service in South Africa. The roll of honor is alphabetically arranged thus - GR ALDRIDGE, EK ANDREWS, CP BUTLER, DW BROCK, FW BELT, S BLUE, GE BLACKMORE, JR BECK, JWH BOSWORTH, S BAGOT, HR CORPE, GE CATCHLOVE, AJ CAMPBELL, N CAPMBELL, RH CUDMORE, NW CUTHBERTSON, FS CUDMORE, AC CARTER, G COSSINS, FS DOUGLAS, JH DOWNER, HSC DALE, AE DAVIS, HM DOWNES, Harold DOWNES, WH EDMUNDS, RH FERGUSON, CC FERGUSON, RS FOTHERINGHAM, WH GOSSE, AH GLEN, FWC GEYER, FD GOWER, JLH GORDON, JM HOWE, R HAMILTON, WF HOPKINS, CF HONNER, RW HORNABROOK, LF HAYWARD, FDV HODGSON, G LEWIS, C MORPHETT, FH MAKIN, JH MAKIN, LH MILNE, VM NEWLAND DCM, D OLDHAM, NB O'HALLORAN, G PALTRIDGE, H PAGE, CH PACKARD, EJ PIZEY, Gordon DEREYHER, JP RICHARDSON, HG RANKINE, AG RANKINE, WH SCOTT, CG SABINE, AE SHORT, FL SIMPSON, GJ SANGSTER, WM STEWART, CG FRAMPTON, HA TOLMER, HF TOLMER, FB TREVENEN, W TWEEDIE, MD TWEEDIE, J WAY, RD WEBB, AOH WRIGHT, PE WARBURTON, Guy WYLLY VC, PWG WILSON, SA WHITE, AB WORTHINGTON, OD WIGLEY, KA WARMINGTON. The tablet has been erected in what is known as the big schoolroom and the unveiling was witnessed by a large assemblage of past and present scholars, the former embracing some of the best known men in the State, including Senator Sir John DOWNER and the Treasurer (the Hon. R BUTLER). ...
Roe: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record, WW1 Major MC OBE, King's African Rifles (bwm.org.au/site/Victor_Newland.php).
Chronicle: An army order states - 'The following warrant officer, non-commissioned officers, and men have been awarded silver medals for 'distinguished conduct in the field' - South Australian Contingents — Sergeants KNAPMAN, SPENCER; Corporals ALLNUT, T KERMODE (Mounted Infantry), NEWLAND; Lance-Corporals BALFOUR, OGILVIE; Private HW BROWN and Trooper THORN.'
Critic: Lance-Corporal VM NEWLAND, who has returned from South Africa and who won a Distinguished Conduct Medal for service at Prieska, shortly returns to that country. He has secured a good appointment in the Government Mining Department at Johannesburg. Like his father, Mr. Simpson NEWLAND, he dabbles in literary work.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 351
Bail: Diaries of Cpl. Herbert Bail, 2SAMR page(s)
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 322
Ad. Observer: Observer newspaper, Adelaide date(s) 4.1.1902, 20.5.1905 & 1.5.1909
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 30.9.1901
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 10.3.1900, 14 & 30.12.1901, 8.9.1902, 27.7.1914, 12.5.1917, 22.3.1924, 13.9.1943 & 14.1.1953
Register: The Register newspaper South Australia 27.1.1900, 24.8.1907 & 3.11.1913
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 5.10.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1353
Chronicle: Chronicle newspaper Adelaide SA date(s) 26.4.1902
Critic: Critic newspaper Adelaide SA date(s) 11.1.1902
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