Boer War Soldiers Return

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Type of event	Celebration Retrun Home for a Boer War Trooper
Street suffix	Mallala Institute
Date occurred or began	1901/06/07

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SOCIAL AT MALLALA

There was a crowded attendance in the Mallala Institute on Friday evening, when Trooper R. House, of the S.A. Bushmen's Corps, was welcomed home. The Hon. R. Butler (Treasurer) presided.

Other soldiers present were Corporal Fenwick, and Troopers Churches, Lovelock, and Ford (Bushmen's Contingent), and Troopers Cook and Payne (Second and Imperial contingents respectively).

Congratulatory speech-making was indulged in, and a dance followed.

During the evening a presentation was made to Trooper House,and vocal and instrumental items were rendered by the Misses J. Harris, L. Farrelly, Turner, Mellor, Messrs. D. Butler, C. Coghlan, C. Calmon. G. Angus, and Stoat,and the school children.

A most enjoyable evening was spent.

The Bushmens Corps had departed the previous year, after a farewell concert held at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition Gardens on March 3rd, 1900.

The Troopers identified in the above excerpt are listed below:

Second (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Contingent

Departed: January 26, 1900

Returned: May 12, 1901

COOK William Arthur, promoted to Corporal.

(The Second Contingent, identified with Trooper William Arthur Cook, is noted for another Trooper, Harry "The Breaker" Morant)

Third (South Australian Bushmen's) Contingent

Departed: February 27, 1900

Returned: June 25, 1901

CHURCHES A.E. Trooper, Slightly wounded at Ottoshoop 12/9/1900, from Mallala District

FORD J. Trooper, Severely wounded at Uitralskop 2/3/1901; Invalided to Australia

LOVELOCK Christopher Silas Rawson, Trooper, Severely wounded at Uitralskop 2/3/1901; Invalided to Australia

HOUSE RJ, A driver, aged 28 from Mallala SA, born in Redbanks; next of kin father, 1 year 120 days 3rd SA Contingent.

FENWICK William Edward, Lance Corporal Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 16.4.01 invalided to Australia.

Fourth (South Australian Imperial Bushmen) Contingent

Departed: May 1, 1900

Returned: July 27, 1901

PAYNE John Rudolph Stuart, Trooper, Invalided to Australia arriving 12/4/1901

Sources

• Advertiser Newspaper article 10 June 1901,

• Australian War Memorial

http://www.awm.gov.au/research/infosheets/south_africa.asp