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Murray: killed in action on 12.6.1901 at Wilmansrust.
Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Castlemaine Canberra.
West Australian: killed at Steelkoopspruit.
5VMR QSA Roll: Left Wing, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (CC OFS & Tvl), killed in action.
HAGSOC: memorial Middleburg.
B5179: born 1879 a farmer from Sutton Grange via Elphinstone Vic.
Melb. Leader: Elphinstone Vic., photo #362.
URL4: photo.
URL6: Fifth VMR Memorial to Fallen Comrades opposite to St. Kilda Barracks ... The following is the list of names appearing on the tablets, together with the addresses, which we have obtained from official sources - Captain J KELLY, Melbourne. Lieutenant SR COULTER, Ballarat. Lieutenant JG CHRISP, Frankston. Lieutenant AG JOHNSTON, Hawthorn. Lieutenant AE MURPHY, Colac. Medical Officer HA PALMER, Ballarat. Sergeant AGK BUCKINGHAM, Yea. Farrier-Sergeant JF HOULIHAN, Collingwood. Corporal RPN ROBERTSON, Portsea. Corporal H HARRISON, Collingwood. Corporal H NEWLANDS, Prahran. Lance-Corporal AE BURLEY, Ballarat. Lance-Corporal HJ BOXALL, Melbourne. Lance-Corporal GR BUTTON, Anakie. Lance-Corporal HC HADLEY, Fitzroy. Lance-Corporal TS ROSS, Williamstown. Shoeing-Smith A HOUGHTON, Inverleigh. Shoeing-Smith AE SPOWART, Dean's Marsh. Shoeing-Smith RM THORNTON, Kilmore. Shoeing-Smith F RANKIN, Police Barracks, Melbourne. Privates SJ BARNARD, North Brunswick; EH BLANDFORD, Bendigo; L BOND, Longwood; FH CAUGHEY, Bairnsdale; J CHARLTON, Euroa; J COLLINS, Mumbannar; J COSTELLO, Dunolly; AB DAVIDSON, Moe; FG DOW, Balaclava; G GLENN, South Melbourne; LJW GOUDIE, St. Kilda; RG HARRISON, Mathoura NSW; WJ HEALEY, Melbourne; HH HENDY, Lyndhurst; HV HEWINS, Brighton; WW JAMES, Nagambie; HS LAMB, Sale; HJ LAWRENCE, North Carlton; AE MACK, Jolimont; TH MAHONEY, Darraweit Guim; J MCCANN, St. Kilda Road; J MCCORKELL, Queensclilf; MT MCDONALD, Yinnar; J MCNALLY, Carapooee; E REISENAUER, Armadale; EJ ROWE, Elsternwick; W SAULTRY, Port Melbourne; WA SMITH, Sutton Grange; GW STRATTON, Mooroopna; R TOPHAM, Yapeen; E VALPIED, Toora; NA WATSON, Pomborneit; J WHELAN, Glenhuntly; JE WHITE, South Melbourne.
URL7: Castlemaine District Soldiers. THE CITIZENS TRIBUTE. THE MEMORIAL UNVEILED. The unveiling of the monument erected by public subscription to the memory of the three Castlemaine district soldiers, Corporal A ROSS, Privates EJ ROWE and WA SMITH, who fell in the South African war, took place on Saturday [30.5.1903], and attracted fully 2000 people, who evinced great interest in the proceedings.
URL8: The following is the official list of Victorians killed at Wilmansrust as received from London 19.6.1901 - Surgeon-Lieutenant HA PALMER, Ballarat. Private GW STRATTON, Mooroopna. Private FJ SMITH, Anakie. Private EH BLANDFORD, Huntly. Corporal H NEWLANDS, Chapel Street, Prahran. Private RM THORNTON, Kilmore. Farrier-Sergeant JV HOULIHAN, Collingwood. Lance-Corporal GR BUTTON, Anakie. Private L BOND, Longwood. Private SJ BARNARD, Brunswick. Private LJW GOUDIE, Marlton Crescent, St. Kilda. Private EJ ROWE, Charles Street, Elsternwick. Private HH HENDY, Lyndhurst. Corporal H HARRISON, Francis Street, Collingwood. Private WA SMITH, Sutton Grange. Private R TOPHAM, Danks Street, South Melbourne. Pivate J COLLINS, Magpie, near Ballarat. Private AE MACK, Jolimont. Private H SMITH.
URL9: Trooper William Alexander SMITH was a farmer, aged 22, single, who lived with his father, Mr. H SMITH, at Sutton Grange, near Elphinstone.
URL10: CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT HONOR ROLL. A CREDITABLE RECORD. The Third Commonwealth Contingent sailed for South Africa in the Manchester Merchant yesterday afternoon [19.5.1902], and owing to the favorable peace omens, it may be looked upon the last Australian contribution to the Empire's forces in connection with the present war. Such being the case, the occasion is a fitting one to submit a list of those residents of Castlemaine and district, who have fought, or are fighting - and in some instances have bled and died - for the flag in South Africa. The list is a lengthy one, and we have divided it into three heads. .... The Civilian list is also a good one. In compiling this list we have taken a radius of about 10 miles from the Borough boundary, and included in it are the names of one or two men who enrolled outside the district, but as their homes, parents, and friends, and life interests are here, and as they were only temporarily away at the time of enrollment, their names have a right to be in the list. In the case of J TIGHE, for instance, he went to South Africa during the war, joined the South African Light Horse, and has since returned to Castlemaine. The Wilmansrust disaster, unfortunately, made two gaps in our civilians ranks. Private EJ ROWE, son of Mr J ROWE, the local Inspector of Mines, and Private WA SMITH, son of Cr. SMITH, of Sutton Grange, were both killed, and Private SALMON, of Chewton, wounded, in that most regrettable night attack.
BendigoInd.: Two of the Sutton Grange lads went to the war in South Africa, W SMITH and W MCMAHON. The former was killed at Wilmansrust. MCMAHON returned on Saturday [26.4.1902] with other members of the fifth contingent. His friends intend to present him with some token of their esteem. A meeting will be hold on Thursday night to consider the best means of doing so.
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