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Murray: killed in action at H'lobane near Vryheid on 27.8.1901.
Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Canberra.
5VMR QSA Roll: Left Wing, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (CC OFS & Tvl) killed in action.
B5179: born 1876 a clerk from Ballarat Vic.
URL3: Killed in action at Hlobane 27.8.1901 buried at Vryheid.
Melb. Leader: Ballarat Vic., officer photo #39.
URL4: photo.
URL6: killed in action at Hlobane 23.8.1901, parents from Ballarat Vic.
URL7: Mrs. ORME, of Wattle street, Bendigo Vic., has been notified that her nephew, Corporal J COULTER, son of Mr. Irvine COULTER, of Ballarat, succumbed to wounds at Heliopolis. His brother Major C COULTER is at the front and Leslie, another brother, is studying for a commission at Claremont, Tasmania. An elder brother Lieutenant SR COULTER was killed in the Boer War.
URL8: 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 GH 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 HENTY, 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.
URL9: The tablet erected in the Anglican Cathedral Church, Ballarat, in memory of Lieutenant Sydney COULTER, an officer in the Fifth Victorian Contingent, who was killed near Vryheid during the war in South, Africa, was unveiled on Sunday evening [31.8.1902] by Lieut-Colonel WILLIAMS. The dedicatory prayer was offered by Dean Lindon PARKYN, who also preached an appropriate sermon.
URL10: Mr George BUNTING has received the following interesting letter from his son, Private E BUNTING [5VMR, dated] Groutfontein, Jan. 27 [1902]. ... Remember me to the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion, especially the comrades in my old company (B); Tell them that I wish to state that there are no better officers, and also officers who are more respected, and whose services are more in demand, than those who were trained in the 3rd. We have noble examples in the persons of the late Lieutenants COULTER, JOHNSON, and PALMER, and living examples in the persons of Captain COLTMAN - who, by the way, is captain of my own company - Lieutenant HENWOOD and Sergeant-Major WAIGHT. All of these men have been connected with the 3rd Battalion, and I think it is not saying too much when I say - and my opinion is endorsed by every man in the 5th VMR - that the officers mentioned are prized, and their services are in great demand by our commanding officer. Of the privates, I might mention young WILES of H Company. He is the youngest of us all, but he is also the pluckiest, and he has earned a good reputation for himself by his work in his own company. Eddie WILSON, our bugler, is attached to C Company, and has a good time of it as he is a general favorite. Private CROWLEY and Saddler-Sergeant BOWMAN are in D Company. Of the first I have not much to say as he is in the right half, and I do not get much opportunity of associating with him. Saddler-Sergeant BOWMAN I have not seen for five months, as he has been away from the column. For myself, as I have said before, I have at all times done my duty to the best of my ability, and I have always and in all places tried to do credit to the training I have received in the good old 3rd.
Ball. Star: Yesterday afternoon [10.2.1902] members of the Ballarat Football Club assembled at the Unicorn Hotel to bid farewell to Lieutenant F RODD, who has been accepted for service in South Africa with the Second Federal Contingent. Though the Ballarat Football Club were the promoters of the function there were representatives of all the other clubs, besides other athletic associations. The chairman of the Football Association, Mr RS FOLEY, explained that the club had now contributed two of its secretaries to the war, the first being the late Lieutenant S COULTER. In handing to Lieutenant RODD a very handsome travelling bag, inscribed, “Presented to 'Lieutenant F RODD by the Ballarat Football Club.' the chairman complimented the recipient on the spirit which had led him to volunteer for service at the front. It was pleasant to know this, but it was the reverse to have to part with an old friend and comrade. His absence from the club would be a big loss, and the bank officials all testified to the worth of Mr RODD as an officer. He was but one of the prominent men which the club had sent out to the war - Tom PARKIN, Alfred WANLISS and last, but not least, Syd. COULTER, a man honored by all, and one who had nobly given up his life for his country. In Mr. RODD they expected to have as good a representative as any yet sent, and they all wished him good luck, and asked him to come back, not as Lieutenant RODD, but as Captain RODD. (Cheers.) The health of Mr RODD was then honored, and in responding Lieutenant RODD remarked that though he had sought no less than four times to get to the front, he was sorry to leave the old club, in which he had spent such happy days. He wished the club every success, and he thanked them heartily for their useful and timely gift- Lieutenant RODD leaves for the camp to-day.
Sunb. News: The following is part of a letter received by Mr. AF BOARDMAN from Private DW FORBES, of the 5th contingent. It is dated Wakerstroom, Nov. 20 [1901] - "Since August we have had some very lively times. On the way to Vryheid our right wing, who were advance guard under Major DALY, had a tough go with a good number of Boers who were pretty strongly entrenched on a high kopje. After fighting for an hour or so the Boers retired, but I am sorry to say not before killing Privates DOW and LAWRENCE and wounding Major DALY and 4 others. We arrived at Vryheid next day, and met Colonel STEWART's column, chiefly composed of the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles, among whom are several Victorians who joined in South Africa. We spent two days, and our own and STEWART's column went out towards Zululand on the third day. We were only a few miles out when we heard the old familiar 'ping-pong'. Our left flankers were the first to get it, and we soon got our pompom and 15-pounders into action. It was a terribly rugged range of kopjes the Boers were firing from, and when our left half wing operated on the right of it they were placed at a great disadvantage, as they had to attack under virtually no cover at all. After a very severe fight, in which we lost Lieutenant COULTER and six wounded, we retired, having only succeeded in capturing one Boer. ...
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