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Murray: TACUBER 'A'Sqn. 2Tp. (Adelaide etc.), died in Durban from enteric date not recorded.
B5207: bushman from Tailem Bend SA.
URL2: TACUBER H, S. Aust. Contingent 1900.
B4418: TAEUBER.
URL3: TAEUBER Herbert (signature) a bushmen aged 21 from Tailem Bend SA, born in Adelaide next of kin father in Tailem Bend.
URL4: death announced 2.7.1902.
URL5: The Departed Brave. Sunday, 19.9.1909 was a memorable tho' sad day to many who attended the Memorial Service to the soldiers from South Australia who died in South Africa during the Boer War. There was a mammoth gathering to witness the ceremony, at the Memorial Statute in Adelaide on the occasion. The following is the Roll Call of the South Australian heroes who lost their lives. First Contingent. Surgeon-Mjr. TOLL, Lieut. POWELL, Cpls. HEINJUS and KLAFFER, Tprs. SMITH and MATHEWS. Second Contingent. Lieut. GORDON, Tptr. MARSHALL, Tprs. BARTLETT, MARSDEN, and HARDY. Third Contingent. Capt. HUBBE, Cpl. CURRIE, Tprs. MILLMAN and SLOAN. Fourth Contingent. Sgt. MCCABE, Saddler MITCHELL, Tptr. DAVIS, Tprs. PROSSER, MOORE, NICHOLAS, PAGE, HONNER, PALMER, GOODES, WOODHAM, LANDSELL and TOTHILL. Fifth Contingent. Capt. HIPWELL Reg. Sgt.-Mjr. MCGILLIVRAY, QMS SCHUMANN, Sgts. HAMILTON, RUST, and MERCER. Cpl. WHITE, Lce.-Cpl. HAMP, Tprs. GIBB, WHITTLE, MAY, HORSEFALL, GLUYAS, COCHRANE, HIRTH, VICKERY and SIMMONS. Sixth Contingent. Sgt. MURRIE, Lce.-Cpl BARRON, Tprs. BENNIER, WALTER, EWINGS, MARSHALL, CROFT. MAIN, TEATE and BEARE. 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse. Tprs. BROWNLEY, SPILLANE and TAEUBER.
URL6: IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE, TABLET IN ST. PETER'S CATHEDRAL UNVEILED BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. There were more persons at St. Peter's Cathedral on Sunday morning [15.3.1903] than could be provided with seating accommodation, the great attendance being due to the fact that the Governor-General and Lady Tennyson would be present, in addition to the troops of the Active Military Force, and that his Excellency would unveil a memorial tablet to those South Australian soldiers who died on service in South Africa after July 13, 1901 - when the Prince of Wales unveiled the first portion, of the memorial - till the proclamation of peace. The original tablet bears the following inscription - In grateful memory of our brave and loyal soldiers who volunteered for service with the army of the British army in South Africa, where they died for their Sovereign and country, "More than conquerors through Him that loved us." Then follow 40 names. The supplementary brass contains the following inscription - Also, in memory of those others who fell in this campaign before the proclamation of peace, on the first day of June, 1902. The additional names are - Regimental-Sergeant-Major J McGILLIVRAY, Sergeant CJB MERCER, Sergeant W RUST, Corporal FS WHITE, Trooper WS BARBER, Trooper HES BEARE, Trooper H BEHNCKE, Trooper WA BROMLEY, Trooper BH COCHRANE, Trooper JE GLUYAS, Trooper FW HIRTH, Trooper N HORSFALL, Trooper S LANSDELL, Trooper R SIMMONS, Trooper J SPILLANE, Trooper H TAEUBER, Trooper WD TEATE, Trooper AA VICKERY, Trooper CGC WHITTLE, Trooper HP WOODHAM, Trooper BH MAY. Beneath the names it is stated that "This memorial was unveilled by Hallam, Lord Tennyson, Governor-General of Australia, March 15, 1903."
URL7: Tpr. Herbert TAEUBER, whose death in South Africa was announced on Wednesday [2.7.1902] in our cable news, was a member of the 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, which left Adelaide in charge of Lieut.-Col. H LE MESURIER. He had been residing at Tailem Bend prior to enlistment, and was unmarried. Mr. Oscar TAEUBER, the well-known local vocalist, was an uncle of the deceased soldier.
URL8: The following men from the Southern districts have been selected [c4.1902] to serve with A Squadron of the 8th Battalion ACH, which will be despatched to South Africa in the near future - JF BARROW, Bokara, River Murray; P COLBY, East Wellington; J CASEY, Stirling East; H HILL, Mount Lofty; HW MEULLER, Hahndorf; A CRAGG, Mount Lofty; W SYMONS, Aldgate; T TILLEY, Gumeracha; H TAEUBER, Tailem Bend and AJ WILSON, Mylor.
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