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The 1st Bushmen Contingent (NSW), Queensland Citizen Bushmen, South Australian Citizen Bushmen, Tasmanian Citizen Bushmen, Victorian Citizen Bushmen, and Western Australian Citizen Bushmen all landed and headed towards Rhodesia in April. [1] The Relief of Ladysmith. Sir George Stuart White greets Major Hubert Gough on 28 February.
The first contingent, known as the First Tasmanian (Mounted Infantry) Contingent, consisted of approximately 80 men under the command of Captain Cyril St Clair Cameron. [12] The Second contingent, known as the Second (Tasmanian Bushmen) Contingent, departed from Hobart on 5 March 1900, and were under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel E.T Wallack.
The first two Victoria Crosses awarded to Australians in that conflict were earned by Private John Bisdee and Lieutenant Guy Wylly, both members of the Tasmanian Bushmen, in action near Warm Bad in 1900. [157] A total of 179 Tasmanian troops were provided at the colony's expense, while a further 375 were provided under Imperial funds.
Their eldest son also named Percy joined the Tasmanian Bushman Contingent to fight in the Boer War. Unfortunately he was killed in South Africa in 1901. There is a marble monument to him at Oatlands Town Hall. [19] The Plaque reads. "In Memoriam TROOPER PERCY DOUGLAS MACLAREN 1ST IMP: CONTGT: TASN: BUSHMEN BORN AT OATLANDS ON 25TH DECR. 1878.
Following the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War, Moore enlisted in the Imperial Military Forces in the Fourth Victoria (Colonial) Imperial Bushmen's Contingent. The stated requirement for enlistment was that candidates must be capable horsemen, and have a certain amount of bush experience.
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State Records NSW, Set 72157606328090451, ID 23379873216, Original title A troop of Bushmen's Contingent, NSW: File usage. The following page uses this file:
Mackay served as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Representative of the Government in the Legislative Council in the Lyne ministry from September 1899 to April 1900, when he left to serve in the Boer War until 1901, commanding the 6th Imperial Bushmen's contingent of New South Wales. [11]