| |
|
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 | | PROSSER |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Henry Clifton |
| Regimental Number | | 123 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | SA |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Sergeant, severely wounded 19.7.1900 at Palmietfontein, invalided to Australia arrived 23.7.1901.
URL1: butcher aged 28 single.
URL2: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
URL4: The Imperial authorities have granted pensions to the undermentioned South Australian soldiers who served with various contingents in South Africa during the Boer war - Lieutenant FERGUSON (Fourth Contingent), 3/ per day from December 1, 1901, for two years; Lieutenant DEMPSEY (Third Contingent), £35 per annum for two years from July 3, 1901; Troopers PRYOR (Fifth Contingent), SOBELS (Sixth Contingent), WELLINGTON (Fifth Contingent), WHITINGTON (Sixth Contingent), 1/6 per day for 12 months (conditional); Sergeant PROSSER (Fourth Contingent), 3/ per day for life; Trooper John RICHARDS (South African Light Horse), 1/3 per day for life; Trooper MAYFIELD 1/3, and Trooper RICHARDSON 1/, for life; Trooper WALLACE, 1/ for 18 months; Trooper MAGOR, 1/6 for 12 months. The last four belonged to the Fourth Contingent. A list of other local pensioners was published some time ago.
|
| Source References | |
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 361
Register: The Register newspaper South Australia 1.5.1900
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 2.8.1900
Chronicle: Chronicle newspaper Adelaide SA date(s) 20.6.1903
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54446916 | | External Link URL2 | | bwm.org.au/site/Henry_Prosser.php | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9550261 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87885368 |
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.
|
|
|