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Boer War

Mackellar, Keith Kinnaird

Keith Kinnaird Mackellar was an older brother to poet Dorothea Mackellar, and was the only Australian soldier whose remains were brought back to Australia of over one thousand men who lost their lives in the Boer War.

War Memorials for the Sudan and Boer Wars

The earliest monuments to Australian soldiers in Sydney are for the Sudan Contingent in 1885, and the Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and 1902. These plaques honour soldiers who served and died and, in one case, women who worked as nurses during the Boer conflict.

Southern Cross

Troop carrier from Sydney to Cape Town during the Boer War.

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Boer War

Second war between the British rulers of Cape Colony in South Africa and Dutch-Afrikaner setters, known as Boers. The first, in 1880-1881, saw the British experience significant losses and when a second conflict broke out in 1889, the Australian colonies offered to send troops to assist. The first Australians arrived in December 1899. About 16,000 Australians fought in the Boer War, mostly in mounted contingents, of whom 282 died in action or from wounds and 324 from disease or accidents. Six Australians were awarded the Victoria Cross.

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1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles

Regiment of five squadrons formed to embark for the Boer War. Preference was given to serving members and reservists who were good shots and good riders.

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Grieve, Gideon James

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Scottish born soldier who died in South Africa whilst commanding his company in the Boer War.

Griffin, George Allman

Soldier who enlisted as part of the Gundagai squadron of the First Australian Horse to serve in the Boer War and was the first man enlisted in an Australian military force to be killed in a foreign war.

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Lieutenant G J Grieve Memorial

Memorial at Watsons Bay for Gideon James Grieve who died in the Boer War. Square sandstone base with a marble plaque surmounted by a sandstone pedestal and four columns, covered with a cupola which once supported the figure of a Highlander. Originally designed as a drinking fountain with a tap and a cup.

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Manly Boer War Memorial

Memorial of a round white marble column set in a dish to form a fountain with a rectangular base and mounted on a single step of the same stone. The base has inscriptions engraved on each of its four sides.

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Parramatta and District War Memorial - The Boer War

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Memorial of four pillars with cannons on either side. The Boer War Memorial incorporates the columns and stone from the portico of the old Parramatta Court House.

Woronora Cemetery AIF Memorial Wall, Boer War Nurses Plaques

Memorial of red tiles with white border and inscription on the AIF memorial wall at Woronora Cemetery. The three commemorative plaques are for Boer War Nurses Ellen Julia Gould RRC, Penelope Frater, and Julia Bligh Johnston.

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