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Rundle Street, Adelaide
Rundle Street, Adelaide, south side, during the march of troops on their way to the South African (Boer) war. Buildings are decorated and crowds line the street and stand on the verandah roofs. The right side of Hunter's Boot Palace is 28 yards east of Charles Street. The Adelaide Arcade is on the right.
Soldiers constructing a bridge
GENERAL: Group of soldiers constructing a bridge during the South African Campaign, 1899-1902.
Soldiers constructing a bridge
GENERAL: Group of soldiers building a bridge during the South African Campaign, 1899-1902.
Supplies being taken to troops
GENERAL: Supplies being taken to troops during the South African Campaign, 1899-1902.
S.A. Bushmen's Corp
South African Civilian enlisted S.A. Bushmen's Corp.
A soldier surrounded by artillery
GENERAL: A soldier sits surrounded by artillery during the South African Campaign, 1899-1902.
Photograph of Boer War trench art
An example of trench art from the Boer War, conprising an embossed metal tray supported by three gun cartridges (5.5 x 8 x 8 cm). It was brought back from the Boer War by Herbert Conrad, who spent 18 months in South Africa.
South African War Memorial
A wreath laying ceremony at the Boer War Memorial in Bay Rd. Mount Gambier on the occassion of the 100th anniversary of the death of RSM James McGillivray. Marg Riquier in brown and Leith MacGillivray in the MacGillivray tartan kilt are standing beside the memorial.
Boer War Troops
Boer War Troops. This photograph was taken at Adelaide Oval on the afternoon of Sunday 31 March 1902, three days before the 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen, a small top-up contingent of 11 officers and 127 NCOs and men, was due to sail for South Africa. In the morning the men had marched to the cathedral for a farewell service at which Rev. Poole preached, and then to nearby Adelaide Oval where they were enthusiastically received at the bicycle sports. 'When they were about to leave,' the Register said on Monday 1 April, 'the men were drawn up in front of the grand stand, and at the call of Capt. Cornish three cheers were given for the League of Wheelmen' shortly before or after the photograph was taken. That evening, the Naval and Military Club hosted the contingent's officers while the the NCOs and rank and file attended a performance at the Tivoli theatre courtesy of management. Information provided by South Australian Boer War Association.
South Australian Boer War veterans
A group of South Australian Boer War veterans gathered together in the grounds of Government House to meet Lord Kitchener during his visit to Adelaide in 1910. According to a researcher, the officer lying down on the right hand side at the front, leaning on his right elbow, is William De Passe who served in the Zulu War and Boer War and was in the Light Horse Training Corp.
Grieving women during World War, 1914-1918
Lady Galway, carrying the umbrella, wife Sir Henry, Governor of South Australia, with other women, some still wearing mourning, listening to Colonel Rowell speaking at a war memorial occasion during the First World War. It appears that the memorial is the South African War memorial on the corner of King William Street and North Terrace (see PRG 280/1/24/106).
Diary of Trooper Miles Fletcher Swan
Boer War diary of Trooper Miles Fletcher Swan, No.9, who joined the 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent whilst working on Nagwarry Station, Penola. The diary is handwritten in pencil in a small Army Memo book, 11 x 17.5 cm, and includes descriptions of looting farms for food and makeshift hospitals set up for soldiers with fever, as well as conflict with the Boers and their good treatment of wounded Australian soldiers. Also includes a biography of Swan's life before and after the war. Diary entries are not in chronological order. The first entry, for 12 September 1900, is written in the middle of the memo book, with the entries on the first fiew pages dating from December 1900. A transcript bearing the title 'Copy of Diary of Trooper M. F. Swan of the 3rd South Australian Bushmens Contingent Boer War 1900-1901' is available (entries arranged in chronological order). Also included is an appendix which is a typescript of an article by Swan that appeared in 'The Advertiser' on Friday 11 January 1901.
Boer War soldiers at Largs Bay
GENERAL: Boer War soldiers going ashore at Largs Bay.
Boer War soldiers
GENERAL: Three soldiers in uniform during the Boer War. The man on the left in Lennard Thomas Collins.
Australian soldier at Boer War graves in South Africa
Australian soldier in military uniform standing at a war grave for soldiers killed during the Boer War. The headstone for the grave in the foreground reads: 'In memory of Corp. M. J. O'Callaghan, Army Service Corps, Died at Kroonstad 29 April 1901, aged 29 years'. Tents are in the fields in the background.
Australian troops at a war cemetery
Three Australian soldiers in military uniform standing by war graves marked with small wooden crosses and painted with numbers, possibly service numbers, including 730, 731 and 771. Possibly in South Africa during the Boer War.
Papers relating to Samuel Grau Hubbe's Boer War service
Papers relating to Captain Samuel Grau Hubbe's service in the Boer War comprising: photographs of Samuel Grau Hubbe in uniform and his grave site; postcard sent to his daughter Edith Ulrica; copy of 'The Story of The South Australian Bushmen's Corps 1900' by Edwin Gordon Blackmore; copy of 'The life of Louis, Prince of Conde, surnamed the Great' by Lord Mahon (1845); and research notes, articles and newspaper cuttings relating to S.G. Hubbe, the 3rd South Australian Bushmen, and the Boer War. Photographs and postcard have been digitised - see below for details.
Boer War Soldiers
Boer War soldiers from Mount Gambier; centre row, second from the left is Cpl. James McGillvray, third from left is Captain Frederick Henry Howland, both of the 1st (Mounted Rifles) Contingent. The names of other subjects are unknown.
Boer War Volunteers
Boer War Volunteers, Wallaroo.
Boer War Soldiers
Boer War soldiers for Transvaal. South Australian mounted contingent. Captain De Passey is seated in the front row, fourth from the right. He is wearing a dark jacket and slouch hat, with a moustach.e.
Lady Galway at a war memorial ceremony
Lady Galway, standing on the right holding a bouquet of flowers, attending an official ceremony at the South African War Memorial statue, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia.
Sir Day Bosanquet attending a war memorial ceremony
Sir Day Bosanquet, the Governor of South Australia attending a wreath laying ceremony at the South African War Soldiers' Memorial outside Government House gates on North Terrace, Adelaide; crowds and a military band are in attendance.
S.A. Imperial Bushmen's Corp
S.A. Imperial Bushmen's Corps, 4th Contingent. The President of the South Australian Boer War Association has provided the following information: 'The fourth contingent to depart from Port Adelaide for South Africa and was the first to be funded wholly by the Imperial Government, previous contingents having been funded by the South Australian Government and public subscription. This photograph was taken at the Old Exhibition Grounds training camp on the eastern side of Frome Road, below the Adelaide Hospital, a day or two before embarkation. The 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen was the largest contingent South Australia had committed to the war to that point, comprising 12 officers and 122 men under Lt. Col. James Rowell. They embarked on "Manhattan" troopship on 1 May 1900. In a tough tour of duty lasting more than a year the contingent lost 13 men dead to enemy action, disease and accident. The contingent sailed for home on 7 July 1901.'
Train used by the military in South Africa
GENERAL: View of train used by the military in South Africa during the Boer War.
A troop train, in South Africa
GENERAL: A troop train, in South Africa, during the Boer War.
Welcoming parade in South Africa
GENERAL: A welcoming parade, possibly for Lord Kitchener, in South Africa during the Boer War.
Boer War diary
Journal with the heading 'Journal of Captain S.G. Hubbe' which appears to have been compiled, probably by his wife Edith, from letters/reports he sent back from South Africa. The entries are often long and detailed, but are not necessarily made daily, and not all are in sequence: 24 June to 18 July appears on pages 1-100; 16 May to 15 June appears on pages 101-138; 6 August to 9 August is on 4 loose folios; and entries for 12 August to 14 August appear on pages 139-147.
Government House gates, South Australia
Looking toward the South African War Memorial on North Terrace from the grounds of Government House, Adelaide.
Military camp in South Africa
GENERAL: A military camp photographed in South Africa during the Boer War.
Diary of Martin Maddern
Diary written by Martin U. Maddern 23 April - 13 November 1900. M.U. Maddern was a YMCA representative with Queensland troops of the South Africa war. The diary refers to camp life at Lytton (Queensland), on board the troop ship 'Manchester Port' and to South Africa.