Rank: Corporal
Born: 23-10-1874, Gawler, South Australia Son of Samuel & Mary Florence Bridgman Unit: 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse (W.A.) Also served 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen (1year 117days) - Service No: 5 - Rank: Sergeant Occupation: Stonecutter, East Perth, W.A., aged 27years Next of Kin: Father - Samuel Bridgman, Gouger Street, West Adelaide, Sth. Aust. Enlisted A.I.F. WW1 - 13-3-1916, Perth Western Australia Rank: Lieutenant Unit: 28th Battalion A.I.F. Embarked from Australia: 13-3-1918 Returned to Australia 20-2-1919 Appointment Terminated: 12-3-1919 Died: 28-10-1957. Perth. Western Australia Resting: Karakatta, West Aust. |
Born: 2nd September 1877, Gawler River, Sth Aust
Son of William John Hillman & Rose Ann nee Smith Rank: Trooper (25-2-1900 - 2-11-1900) Unit: 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles Occupation: Railway Employee Awards / Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal and 5 clasps ( Cape Colony - Orange Free State - Transvaal - South Africa x2) Enlisted A.I.F. WW1 2-2-1916, Adelaide, South Australia Rank: Lane Corporal 14th Australian Light Horse Service No: 2748 Embarked for Overseas: 13-7-1916 Returned to Australia 13-4-1919 Service: 3 years 109 days, 2 years 275 days abroad Died: 20th December 1941 Resting: A.I.F. Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide |
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Maitland Cemetery , Cape Town, Sth. Africa |
Born: 23-2-1875, Lyndoch, South Australia Son of Johann Christian & Johanna Paulina Klaffer Rank: Corporal Unit: 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles Died: 12-10-1900, Wynburg Military Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa Awards / Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal & 4 clasps Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 3 |
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Blood, Sweat and Fears Medical Practitioners & Medical Students of South Australia who served in WW1 |
Born: 25-11-1875, Gawler
Son of Frank & Louisa Caroline Makin Occupation: Medical Practitioner Rank: Trooper - Corporal Unit: 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles Awards / Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal & 4 clasps Enlisted WW1 12-2-1915 Rank: Major - Lieutenant Colonel Unit: 6th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps Embarked for Overseas: 4-6-1915 Returned to Australia: 10-5-1918, medically unfit Died: 20-9-1961, North Adelaide |
Born: 10-9-1879, Gawler West, South Australia
Son of William & Alice Mary Malcolm Enlisted: 28-1-1901 Rank: Corporal Unit: 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen Occupation: Warehouseman, aged 21years Next of Kin: Bruce Malcolm, Toowoomba, Queensland Returned to Australia 22-4-1902 Died: 9-2-1909, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Resting: Church of England Section, Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia |
Rank: Trooper
Unit: 5th South Australian Imperial Bushman Born: 20th August 1879, Gawler, Sth Aust. Son of Alfred May & Mary Jane nee Ball Occupation: Worked May Brothers Foundry, Gawler Enlisted: Gawler, Sth Aust. Embarked for Overseas: 9th February 1901 per "Ormazon" Died result of Accident: 7th September 1901, Winburg, South Africa Awards / Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Orange Free State clasp. Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 3 |
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Born: 10-1-1874, Gawler, South Australia
Son of John & Ann O'Dea Enlisted: 6-1-1902 Rank: Private Unit: 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse (S.A.) Occupation: Bootmaker aged 27years Next of Kin: Mother - Mrs. A O'Dea, Gover St., North Adelaide Enlisted World War 1 27-1-1916, Casula, New South Wales Service No: 390 Embarked for overseas 20-2-1916 Rank: 2nd Corporal 1st Tunnelling Company Killed in Action: 5-4-1917, France Memorialised: The Ypres (Menin Gate), Belgium Australian War Memorial Commemorative Area - Panel 27 |
Rank: Lance Corporal
Unit: 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles Occupation: Accountant Bushveldt Carbineers Field Intelligence Sgt. No.154 Attested at Durban, South Africa 17-4-1901 Next of Kin: Mrs. W.J. Oldham, 8th Avenue, East Adelaide Born: 30-4-1878, Gawler, South Australia Son of William John & Julia Castle Remained in South Africa and married Miriam Mildred Krog Enlisted: 3rd Regiment (Transvaal & Rhodesia) South African Infantry WW1 Died of wounds: 20-4-1917 Resting: Estaples War Cemetery, France |
Born: 21-6-1881, Apsley, Victoria Son of Harry Charles Corston Smith & Susannah nee Tidy Occupation prior to enlistment: Railways Enlisted: January 1901,Western Australia Rank: Private Unit: 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry Served until 17 May 1902 Moved to Gawler, South Aust. - c1923 Died: 10-5-1949 Resting: Willaston, South Australia |
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Born: 9th September 1872, North Gumeracha
Son of George James & Susan Smith Occupation: Stonemason Rank: Trooper Unit: 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles Awards / Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal and 1 clasp Killed in Action: 21-2-1900 at Arundel, Sth. Africa aged 27years Resting: Colesburg Cemetery, South Africa |
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THE PRIVATE W. E. SMITH MEMORIAL.
Monday, July 30, was an important day in the history of Williamstown owing to the unveiling of the monument which has been erected by the people of the district in memory of Private W. E. Smith, formerly a member of the Petersburg Volunteer Company, who as a member of the first S.A. contingent for South Africa, met his death at Arundel. The monument, which is of Italian marble, and, with the base, stands 10 feet high, is the work of Mr. G. E. Morgan, of the Victoria Square, W., Monumental Works, and in execution and design is a real work of art. The stone, which is nicely situated, is quite an ornament to the town, and cannot fail to be seen by all persons travelling that way, the hill and green trees on the school ground being a splendid background. The stone has the following inscription upon it: " Erected in memory of W. E. Smith, once a resident of Williamstown, but who was killed at Arundel, South Africa, February 21, 1900, in the Boer war; also, all South Australians slain." The ceremony of unveiling took place at 4 o'clock. The monument, which was covered with the Union Jack, was unveiled by Mrs. Warren in the presence of a large concourse of people. While the flag was being drawn up the school children, under the leadership of Mr. Miller, the local head teacher, sang the National Anthem, after which Mr. Ross, chairman of the district council of Mount Crawford, gave an appropriate address " Soldiers of the Queen" was sung by Mr. G. Brown, after which the secretary (Mr. J. Mitchell, jun.) read the report, showing how the subscriptions had been expended. The total cost of the stone and railing was a little over £38, and the monument was unveiled free of debt. There was a balance of £5 required to settle the accounts and this was generously given by Mr. A. J. Murray, who was always ready to assist deserving objects. |
Chronicle (Adelaide, S.A.) 16-6-1938
Mr. W. Symonds Mr. Walter Symonds, 56. who died at his home. Oak avenue, Unley, on May 12 after a long illness, was born at Gawler. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Symonds of Aldgate, and was married in 1909 to Miss Ivy Yarrow, of Adelaide, who survives. He enlisted for active service in the Boer War and was for many years connected with the police force, being stationed at Unley and later in charge of the Richmond police station, from which he resigned to enter into business at Unley. He was an enthusiastic bowler, and was a member of the Sturt Bowling club for many years. |
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Born: 21st July 1881, Koolunga, Sth Aust. Son of Frederick Henry Tothill & Jessie Melva Tothill Rank: Trooper Unit: 4th South Australian Imperial Bushman Occupation: Agriculturalist Died of Wounds: 25th July 1900 Resting: Vredefort Cemetery, South Africa. Australian War Memorial Commemorative Area - Panel 3 |
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Born: 10-2-1882, Willaston, South Australia
Son of Henry & Hannah Vile, Gawler Enlisted: 4-2-1901 Rank: Trooper Unit: 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen Occupation: Butcher Next of Kin: Mother - Hannah Vile, Gawler Awards / Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps Enlisted 30-12-1914, Brisbane, Queensland 15th Battalion A.I.F. Embarked Overseas 13-2-1915, Brisbane, Queensland per H.M.A.T "Seang Bee" Returned to Australia 14-12-1918 Discharged: 12-4-1919 Died: September 1952 Resting: Church of England Cemetery, Botany, N.S.W. |
Born: 22-8-1876, Lyndoch, South Australia
Son of: Robert Bennett & Ann Webb Rank: Trooper Unit: 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles Occupation: Clerk Awards / Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal 3 clasps Enlisted WW1: 27-2-1917, Adelaide, South Australia Service No: 3559 Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment Rank: Private Embarked for Overseas 2-11-1917, Melbourne, Victoria Discharged: 26-7-1919 Died: 30-12-1951 Resting: Upper Murray Garden of Memory Cemetery, Barmera, South Australia |