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�The West Australian� Page 5 Perth, Monday, November 6, 1899 [Many thanks to Yvonne Zylstra who transcribed this article] The following is a list of the contingent as they left Perth, including ages, birthplaces, and previous services. The Officers 1. Captain R. Moor, R.A., 28 (England). Served in Suffolk Artillery Militia, and in No 10 Mountain Battery, Natal, and other South African regiments. 2. Major McWilliams, Medical Officer (Victoria). Served in Prince of Wales Light Horse Infantry, Victoria, Melbourne University Infantry Company, and Perth Artillery. 3. Lieutenant F.W.M. Parker, 23 (Western Australia), solicitor. Served in Perth Mounted Rifles and No 1 Field Battery W.A. 4. Lieutenant H.F.Darling, 20 (South Australia), clerk. Served in Geraldton Rifles. 5. Lieutenant J. Campbell, 23 (Scotland), civil servant. Served in No 1 Field Battery, W.A. 6. Sergeant � Major Fraser (Scotland), Served in Imperial Army and on Permanent Staff, W.A The Men 1. Alexander Love, 20 years 10 months (Victoria), labourer. No previous service. 2. Charles Cobb, 34 years 10 months (England), agent. No previous service. 3. John Wilkinson, 35 years (England), miner. Served 7 years and 9 months in 2nd Battalion H.L.I. 4. Johnston Burley, 26 years (Ireland), carpenter. Served 3 years 2nd Regiment, Victorian Infantry, 2 years Perth Infantry. 5. Sidney Clare, 24 years (England), civil servant. Served 5 months 1st Surrey Volunteer Regiment. 6. Thomas Hutchesson, 20 years (Guernsey), prospector. No previous service. 7. Adam Mountjoy, 33 years 1 month (Western Australia), farmer. Served 16 years in 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 8. Frederick Bell, 24 years 4 months (Western Australia), civil servant. Served 3 years and 4 months in Perth Artillery. 9. Arthur Robinson, 23 years 4 months (London), labourer. Served 4 months in 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 10. Thomas Frederick Watson, 26 years (England), accountant. No previous service. 11. George Clarke, 24 years (South Australia), labourer. Served 18 months in Mounted Rifles, South Australia. 12. George Lowe, 26 years (South Australia), electrician. No previous service. 13. Harold Force, 20 years (South Australia), labourer. Served 5 months in 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 14. David Saunders, 26 years (South Australia), railway employee. Served 12 months in Perth Artillery. 15. Joseph Sedgwick Attwood, 24 years and 8 months (Fremantle), labourer. Served 2 years and 10 months in 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 16. John Cullen, 26 years 10 months (South Australia), civil servant. No previous service. 17. Harry Eckert, 27 years 5 months (New South Wales), labourer. Served 1 year and 3 months 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 18. George Neville Bishop, 24 years (New South Wales), accountant. Served 8 months in Fremantle Infantry. 19. George Jones, 21 years (Victoria), mechanic. Served 4 months in Perth Artillery Volunteers. 20. Frederick Williams, 24 years 7 months (Victoria), carter. Served 14 months in 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 21. Alfred J. Bessell Brown, 22 years (New Zealand), civil servant. Served 3 years and 3 months in Perth Artillery. 22. George Marshall, 27 years 5 months (New Zealand), labourer, no previous service. 23. Nathaniel Hart, 29 years (Victoria), lather. Served 7 years in 1st Victorian Infantry Regiment. 24. Charles Sidney Body, 25 years (England), civil servant. No previous service. 25. Alexander Morrison, 30 years (England), miner. Served 6 years Durban Artillery Militia. 26. John Allingham, 28 years (Victoria), draper. Served 5 years A Company Victorian Rangers. 27. George Clarke, 26 years (Victoria), baker. No previous service. 28. Frank Balding, 21 years (Victoria), carpenter. Served 15 months in Perth Infantry and 2 months in Perth Artillery. 29. Charles F. Campbell, 20 years (England), civil servant. Served 5 months Perth Artillery. 30. Murray William Collett, 21 years 2 months (Guernsey), clerk. Served 18 months with 1st Infantry Regiment, W.A. 31. George Augustus Moris, 24 years 9 months (Victoria), miner. Served one year with the Victorian Royal Horse Artillery. 32. John O�Connell, 32 years (Ireland), labourer. Served 8 years 110 days 1st Battalion R.I.F..3 months in Perth Artillery and Headquarters Band. 33. Barton Scobell Lessey, 29 years 11 months (England), detective. Served 9 months in Perth Artillery. 34. Arthur Spreadbury, 20 years 9 months (England), labourer. Served 12 months in 1st Infantry, W.A. and 6 months in 2nd Field Battery. 35. Leo Day, 23 years (England), clerk. No previous service. 36. Frederick Edwards, 24 years (England), clerk. Served 12 months 1st West Surrey Volunteers and 3 months in R.M.L. Infantry. 37. John Coward, 25 years (Victoria), packer. No previous service. 38. Philip Allen, 26 years 6 months (Victoria), labourer. Served 18 months in 1st Infantry Reg. W.A. 39. Robert S. Pye, 24 years (Victoria), traveller. Served 1 year 8 months Garrison Artillery, 12 months Victorian Infantry, and 18 months Perth Artillery. 40. Charles Scott, 21 years and 5 months (Victoria), bootmaker. Served 19 months in Perth Artillery. 41. Percy Edwards, 24 years 10 months (Victoria), clerk. Served 3 years 9 months Victorian Field Artillery, and 8 months Perth Field Artillery. 42. Charles Leigh, 22 years (Victoria), bootmaker. Served 4 years 10 months in F.Company Victorian Rangers. 43. Evan Davies, 27 years 11 months (Victoria), carpenter. Served 4 months 1st Infantry Reg., W.A. 44. Albert Charles Bowden, 21 years 6 months (Victoria), grocer. Served 18 months 1st Infantry Reg., W.A. 45. John Charles Yeo, 21 years (Victoria), law clerk. Served 1 year 9 months Perth Artillery. 46. William Alexander Murray, 24 years (Vic.), clerk. No previous service. 47. Malcolm McSwain, 22 years 8 months (Victoria), labourer. Served 5 months Guildford Infantry. 48. Stephen Kenny, 22 years (Victoria), bookbinder. Served 4 years 2nd Victorian Regiment Infantry and 18 months Perth Infantry. 49. Richard Austin, 25 years (Victoria), accountant. Served 15 months Perth Artillery. 50. Alexander Bidwell, 27 years (Victoria), butcher. Served 12 months with Naval Brigade, Victoria. 51. Levi France, 21 years (Victoria), stonemason. Served 12 months in Perth Infantry and 2 months Perth Artillery. 52. Robert Corkill, 21 years (Victoria), blacksmith. Served 2 years 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 53. Herbert Loughton, 22 years 4 months (Victoria), engineer. Served 4 months in 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 54. Charles Dickman, 22 years 7 months (Victoria), labourer. Served 5 months in 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 55. George Wheeler, 21 years 3 months (Victoria), painter. Served 9 months in Field Artillery, Victoria; 5 months 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 56. John George Warren Vernon, 26 years 2 months (England), electrician. Served 5 years and 39 days Victorian Permanent Artillery, 1 year Harbour Trust Battery, G.A.V., and 9 months Perth Artillery. 57. Martin Bulmer Kay, 22 years 6 months (England), engineer. Served 2 years 1st Lanark Volunteers. 58. Arthur Vivian Gellatly, 22 years 4 months (Victoria), farmer. No previous service. 59. Arthur Green, 21 years 7 months (England), station hand. Served two years with Geraldton Rifle Volunteers. 60. John Edwin Tratham, 22 years 4 months (South Australia), secretary. Served 2 years in South Australian Infantry and 1 year in South Australian Garrison Artillery. 61. Albert Edwin Kelly, 21 years 8 months (Victoria), labourer. No previous service. 62. Norman Sherard, 21 years 9 months (Victoria), clerk. No previous service. 63. Michael Patrick Smith, 28 years 6 months (New South Wales), labourer. Served 1 year 6 months in 3rd Infantry regiment, New South Wales. 64. Thomas Sidney Golden, 21 years (Victoria), grocer. Served 7 months in Fremantle Artillery. 65. Arthur Herbert Baker, 25 years (Victoria), labourer. No previous service. 66. Walter Brown, 27 years 2 months (South Australia), driver. Served 3 months in Fremantle Artillery. 67. William Davies, 33 years (Wales), miner. Served 7 years and 86 days in 21st Hussars. 68. Edward Joseph Cunningham, 20 years (South Australia), coachman. No previous service. 69. James Arthur Smith, 26 years (Victoria), railway employee. No previous service. 70. Thomas Shannon, 23 years (Victoria), station hand. No previous service. 71. Carl Alfred Forsberg, 22 years, yardman. No previous service. 72. John Samuel Feare, 31 years (New South Wales), sawyer. Served 7 months in New South Wales Naval Volunteer Artillery. 73. Alfred Thompson, 20 years (West Australia), engineering cadet. No previous service. 74. James Cunningham, 22 years (South Australia), printer. Served 15 months in Perth Artillery. 75. John Barry, 27 years (South Australia), plasterer. Served 14 months Perth Artillery. 76. Graham Dunn, 34 years (Victoria), labourer. No previous service. 77. John Dunn, 28 years (Victoria), labourer. Served 1 year Victorian Mounted Rifles; 1 year Guildford Infantry, West Australian. 78. George S. Bailey, 26 years 9 months. Stockman. Served one year in W.A. Police Force. 79. George Loane, 24 years 6 months (West Australia), packer. Served 3 years 1st Infantry Regiment, West Australia;1 year 11 months Permanent Artillery, West Australia; and 3 years No.2 Field Artillery. 80. Thomas Hamilton, 25 years 5 months (West Australia), talleyman. Served 6 years 1st Infantry Regiment, West Australia. 81. Thomas Ashmere, 23 years (Western Australia), labourer. Served 2 years in Perth Infantry. 82. Joseph Henry Minchin, 20 years 1 month (West Australia, farm labourer. Served 10 months in 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 83. William Checkly Mills, 20 years 11 months (New South Wales), clerk. Served 2 years and 6 months in Perth Artillery. 84. Phillip John Jones, 21 years 5 months (Western Australia), carpenter. Served 18 months in 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 85. James Richardson, 28 years (England), plasterer. No previous service. 86. William Richard White, 23 years (Western Australia), bootmaker. Served 5 years in Perth Infantry. 87. Edward Robson Campbell, 24 years 7 months (Victoria), carpenter. Served 2 years and 6 months in Perth Artillery. 88. William Callicott, 33 years (England), labourer. Served 12 years Devonshire Regiment and 18 months in the 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 89. Alexander Sweeney, 21 years three months (West Australia), draper. Served six years in 1st Infantry Regiment, Western Australia. 90. Charles Mitchell, 26 years 11 months (London), plumber. Served six years 1st Infantry Regiment. 91. Arthur Wentworth Groser, 22 years three months (Canada), clerk. Served 10 months in Perth Infantry. 92. Graves Gifford, 35 years (Bungalore, East India), engineer. Served two years as lieutenant Surrey Militia and three years as lieutenant 13th L.I. Resigned, 1884. 93. George Johnston, 25 years six months (Victoria), clerk. Served two years D Company Rangers (Victoria), and 11 months in Perth Artillery. 94. Alexander Kruger, 31 years 6 months (Victoria), engineer. Served eleven years with the Victorian Militia. 95. Alexander Wark, 32 years (Scotland), clerk. Served two years Mounted Rifles, New South Wales. 96. Michael Conway, 28 years four months (Victoria), tramway employee. Served with C Battery, Victorian Field Artillery, and with No.1 Field Battery, Perth. 97. James Ansell, 34 years 7 months (Isle of Wight), smelter. Served two years 1st Brigade 2nd Battery Senior Division, R.A. (purchased discharge). 98. Robert Wauchupe, 22 years (Ireland), farmer. Served two years with Fremantle Artillery. 99. Jacques Forquharson Messer, 25 years 8 months (Victoria), clerk. Served two years with Victorian Cadets. 100. Geoffrey Hensman, 24 years (Bermuda, West Indies), miner. Served from October 1895, to March 1897, in Royal Horse Guards (purchased discharge). 101. David McComb, 27 years 9 months (Ireland), accountant. No previous service. 102. Lionel Monger, 22 years 5 months (West. Australia). Served six years with York Infantry. 103. John Reynolds, 26 years 6 months (South Australia), assayer. No previous service. 104. John Bird, 32 years 7 months (New South Wales), labourer. Served six months with Bunbury Rifle Volunteers. 105. John Edgar Kidd, 21 years 4 months (Victoria), clerk. Served 2 � years Geraldton Rifles. 106. Albert Maley, 25 years (Western Australia), blacksmith, served one year Geraldton Volunteers. 107. John North, 28 years 1 month (Belfast, Ireland), carpenter, served three years Bunbury Rifle Volunteers. 108. Septimus Lachlan Shaw, 20 years 7 months (Victoria), labourer, served 18 months Bunbury Rifle Volunteers. 109. Charles Ferguson, 22 years 8 months (Capetown), clerk served two years Geraldton Rifle Volunteers and three years cadets, Victoria. 110. Walter Richard Birch, 21 years 10 months (Victoria), chainman, served two years cadets, Victoria, and 15 months Bunbury Rifle Volunteers. 111. Frederick Simon Cecil Brown, 26 years 9 months (Kent), clerk, served 12 months Plantagenent Rifles, six months Fremantle No.2 Battery, and Albany Volunteer Artillery. 112. Samuel John Uncles, 30 years 6 months (Ireland), student, served 12 years 47th Regiment. 113. Godfrey Moore, 32 years 10 months (Western Australia), prospector, no previous service. 114. John Maxwell Ferguson, 24 years 3 months (Western Australia), clerk, served with Cadets Corps Geelong Grammar School. 115. Alexander Douglas, 26 years 11 months (Victoria), hairdresser, served one week York Volunteers. 116. Thomas McFarlane, 21 years 10 months (Victoria), grocer, served five months Perth Artillery. 117. Hugh Thomas Shaw, 25 years 4 months (Victoria), carpenter, served two years Bunbury Rifles. In Charge of the Maxim Guns. From the Permanent Albany Garrison: Bombadiers Copeland and McWhirter and Gunners Geald?, Paul, Reynolds and Treblecock. Served in Western Australia and elsewhere. ^ back to top ^ |