| |
|
Australians
in the Boer War
Oz-Boer Database Project |
|
Full Record
Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | PHILLIPS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Louis Eleazer |
| Regimental Number | | 721 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 3rd Victorian Bushmen |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Cameron's Scouts.
Price2: 38252 Trooper 2Scot. Horse, Queen's South Africa medal and 2 clasps King's South Africa medal and 2 clasps.
Source:# 268 Warracknabeal Vic. per 'Morayshire'.
Melb. Leader: station manager c/- Cathedral Hotel Swanston St. Melbourne Vic., photo.
B5177: station manager aged 38.
B5179: Cameron's Scouts, born 1861 a station manager next of kin in Warracknabeal Vic.
URL2: Louis Eleazor 38252 Trooper 2nd Scottish Horse.
McIlvena: born Ballarat 1862, younger brother of Pharez PHILLIPS MLC, letter 18.7.1902 from Collector - LE PHILLIPS, returned to S. Africa after Boer War, WW1 enlisted in S. Africa with Gen. BOTHA, died Erwald S. Africa 1929.
URL4: PHILLIPS, GULLEN & JESSE banqueted by P PHILLPS MP at Warracknabeal.
URL5: WARRACKNABEAL - Mr P PHILLIPS MLC has trucked a magnificent black horse down to Melbourne for the use of his brother who is going to the Traansvaal as one of Cameron's Scouts.
URL6: An NAA Research Guide says - "there was a small but solid Australian Jewish presence in the Boer War (1899–1902). Prominent among the soldiers were Major Walter 'Karri' DAVIS (who endured two years as a prisoner of war), Myer BLASHKI, Louis E PHILLIPS, Alfred SAUNDERS (son of Rev. Moses SAUNDERS of Melbourne) and two sons of Ballarat's Rev Israel M GOLDREICH. A Jewish woman, Rose Shappere, was notable among nurses who volunteered to tend the sick and wounded on the South African front."
URL7: The six-year-old brown horse shipped to South Africa by Mr. LE PHILLIPS to serve in the campaign, after carrying that gentleman over thousands of miles of territory, was (says the "Warracknabeal Herald") sold by Trooper PHILLIPS previous to leaving for the handsome figure of 50 guineas, the animal being regarded as the best mount in the regiment. The horse was bred by Mr. E ROBINSON, Kellalac, and is the progeny of his well known stallion, Gambler. Mr. ROBINSON during the war also sold at top prices four horses of similar breed for service in South Africa.
|
| Source References | |
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 251
Price2: Southern Cross Scots page(s) 133 161
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 268
Melb. Age: Age newspaper, Melbourne date(s) 30.5.1901
Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 10.3.1900
B5177: National Archives of Australia series B5177
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 20
McIlvena: Wimmera-Mallee Volunteers to the Boer War page(s) 176
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 115-118, 506, 525 Horsh: 11 & 21.6.1901
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 15.2.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | www.abc.net.au/ballarat/stories/s1618957.htm | | External Link URL2 | | www.britishmedals.us/files/iyp.htm | | External Link URL3 | | www.britishmedals.us/files/127scothorse.htm | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73027602 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9048973 | | External Link URL6 | | guides.naa.gov.au/safe-haven/chapter7/index.aspx | | External Link URL7 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73027747 |
Please email me if you can
contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any
other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where
they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.
Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.
The
Oz-Boer Database
is copyright and may not be used for any commercial purpose.
|
|
|