MARLBOROUGH / TUAMARINA SOUTH AFRICAN WAR (ANGLO – BOER WAR) 1899 – 1902 ROLL OF HONOUR

NAME FORCE RANK UNIT WHERE WOUNDED / KILLED / DIED WHERE BURIED / DATE AGE No. COMMEMORATED 1 BURROUGHS, 114 Trooper 1st Contingent He fought at Kimberley while suffering three broken Gladstone Cemetery, 06/03/1900 25 Henry “Harry” M. New Zealand bones and a fever. He is recorded as being 6ft? 9 Kimberley, Northern Mounted Infantry 1/2 inches tall and wearing size 6 boots; died of Cape, . enteric fever in Kimberley, Cape Colony, South Africa. 2 COLLINS, Harry 4270 Trooper 7th Contingent Enlisted with 23 Company, Nelson Section; Heilbron Cemetery, 23/01/1902 20 / New Zealand Died of enteric fever in Heilbron, Orange Free , 21 Mounted Infantry State, South Africa. South Africa. 3 FOGARTY, David 9242 Corporal 10th Contingent Died of pneumonia in Newcastle, Natal, South Newcastle Cemetery, 08/06/1902 28 New Zealand Africa. KwaZulu Natal, Mounted Infantry South Africa. 4. GREIG, Hunter 4290 Trooper 7th Contingent Enlisted with 28 Company, Nelson Section; Tuamarina Cemetery, 7/08/1902 21 McEwen New Zealand died of enteric fever in Blenheim Hospital, New Marlborough, New Mounted Infantry Zealand. Zealand. 5. HENDERSON, 358 Sergeant 2nd Contingent WIA Balmoral 23/1/1901; died of wounds at Old Cemetery, Pretoria, 27/01/1901 23 Sydney James New Zealand Balmoral near Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. , South Africa. (Sidney?) Mounted Infantry 6. MONK, Berther 8846 Trooper 10th Contingent Died of enteric fever in Newcastle, Natal. Newcastle Cemetery, 22/08/1902 24 Charles New Zealand Kwa Zulu Natal, Mounted Infantry South Africa. 7. O’DWYER, James 4324 Farrier 7th Contingent Killed in action at Blesbokspruit near Bethal, Primose Cemetery, 01/06/1901 21 Francis New Zealand initially buried at Bankhoek near Bethal; exhumed Germiston, Gauteng, Mounted Infantry and reburied after the war. South Africa. 8. SMITH, Cecil 2297 Trooper 5th Contingent Served as a gunner in the Rhodesian Field Force Mafikeng Cemetery, 19/01/1901 23 Warwick New Zealand Artillery; died of dysentery in Mafeking, Transvaal, North West Province, Mounted Infantry South Africa. South Africa.

9. SMITH, Charles 695 Trooper 3rd Contingent Died of enteric fever in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Old Cemetery, Pretoria, 07/09/1900 24 Edward (690?) New Zealand Africa. Gauteng, South Africa. Mounted Infantry 10. SMITH, William 20914 Private Imperial Served with the 6th (Scottish) Battalion, 18th Leliehoek Cemetery, 01/02/1902 23 Brownlee Yeomanry Company (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow & Lower Ladybrand, Free State, (1245) Ward of Lanark);WIA (accident) 21/1/1902; died of South Africa. injuries near Maquatlings Nek, , South Africa. 11. TOSSWELL, Ernest 697 Lance 3rd Contingent Died of enteric fever in Germiston, Transvaal, South Primose Cemetery, 11/07/1900 Browning Corporal New Zealand Africa. Germiston, Gauteng, (Tosswill?) Mounted Infantry South Africa. (also on Akaroa ABW Memorial)

SMITH, Cecil Warwick SMITH, William Brownlee Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 127, 4 June 1904, Page 3 Death at Ladybrand: 1st February 1902, 6th. Bat. 18th. Gunner Cecil Warwick Smith, age 23 years, born at Havelock, nephew of Mr W. H. Smith, Havelock; 5th Company Lancashire Yeomany, 1245 Wm. B. Smith Contingent; landed at Beira and marched to Mafeking; served as a gunner with the artillery; died at Mafeking, from wounds accidently received on 21st January 1902. 21st January 1901, of dysentery. Buried at Mafeking. (Evening Post 27th. January 1902). Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 July 2015 - Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 127, 4 June 1904, Page 3 He had requested on completion of his service to the 18th Coy. Imperial Yeomany to be transferred to the Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 194, 26 August 1901, Page 2 N.Z.6th Contingent which was returning to New The old boys of the Havelock State school intend to place a tablet in the school in memory of their late Zealand at the same time thus saving him the schoolfellow, Cecil W. Smith, who died of dysentery at Mafeking. additional journey back to New Zealand after being Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 July 2015 - Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 194, 26 August discharged in England. 1901, Page 2

ENTERIC or TYPHOID FEVER N.B. Before World War I, enteric fever, or typhoid fever, was the scourge of armies, and in the Anglo-Boer War killed Harry COLLINS’ name does not appear on the more soldiers than enemy action. It is caused by a bacteria entering the body via contaminated food or water. AUCKLAND MEMORIAL MUSEUM SOUTH AFRICAN Early symptoms include high fever, headaches and lassitude. Follicles along the intestinal walls later become WAR MEMORIAL 1899 – 1902. inflamed, often leading to perforation and haemorrhaging. Other complications include gall bladder, pneumonia or heart failure. At the time of the Boer War, there were no antibiotic remedies for the disease.

REFERENCES: In Memoriam ROH of Imperial Forces ABW 1899-1902 by Steve Watt (2000) Angloboerwar.com (Unit information) www.eggsa.org (Gravestones in South Africa) Compiled by https://nzhistory.govt.nz/search/media/south%20Africa%20war%20memorial K.M. Jordan https://www.sooty.nz/southafricaROH.html February 2021 https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/34862/

TUAMARINA SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL MARLBOROUGH PROVINCE NEW ZEALAND

ERECTED on this historic spot by public subscription to commemorate MARLBORUGH'S GALLANT SONS members of N.Z. Contingents despatched to South Africa 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902 more especially it is intended to keep alive for all time in the hearts of the people of Marlborough. The illustrious ones who having fought a good fight sealed their devotion to the Empire by dying in its cause. Dulce et Decorum est pro Patria Mori.

TUAMARINA TUAMARINA TUAMARINA SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL

FOGARTY, David TOSSWELL, Ernest Browning BURROUGHS, Henry “Harry” M. GREIG, Hunter McEwen SMITH, Charles Edward HENDERSON, Sydney James MONK, Berther Charles SMITH, William Brownlee SMITH, Cecil Warwick COLLINS, Harry O’DWYER, James Francis

AUCKLAND MEMORIAL AUCKLAND MEMORIAL AUCKLAND MEMORIAL AUCKLAND MEMORIAL MUSEUM MUSEUM MUSEUM MUSEUM SOUTH AFRICAN WAR SOUTH AFRICAN WAR SOUTH AFRICAN WAR SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL MEMORIAL 1899 – 1902 MEMORIAL 1899 – 1902 MEMORIAL 1899 – 1902 1899 – 1902

BURROUGHS, Henry “Harry” FOGARTY, David GREIG, Hunter McEwen HENDERSON, Sydney James

AUCKLAND MEMORIAL AUCKLAND MEMORIAL MUSEUM AUCKLAND MEMORIAL AUCKLAND MEMORIAL MUSEUM MUSEUM SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MUSEUM SOUTH AFRICAN WAR SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL 1899 – 1902 MEMORIAL 1899 – 1902 1899 – 1902 MEMORIAL 1899 – 1902 TOSSWELL, Ernest Browning MONK, Berther Charles O’DWYER, James Francis SMITH, Charles Edward SMITH, Cecil Warwick SMITH, William Brownlee

BRITISH ANGLO –BOER WAR MEMORIAL Heibron Cemetery, Free State, South Africa

Top: BURROUGHS, Henry “Harry”, BURROUGHS, Henry “Harry” Gladstone Cemetery, Kimberley, South Africa. COLLINS, Harry

Bottom: COLLINS, Harry

OLD CEMETERY, PRETORIA TUAMARINA CEMETERY,

Marlborough, New Zealand. Gauteng, South Africa. NEWCASTLE CEMETERY, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa.

FOGARTY, David GREIG, Hunter McEwen HENDERSON, Sydney James

NEWCASTLE CEMETERY, Close-up / details BRITISH ANGLO –BOER WAR Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. MEMORIAL Top: MONK, Berther Charles Primrose Cemetery, Germiston, MONK, Berther Charles Gauteng, South Africa. Bottom; O’DWYER, James Francis O’DWYER, James Francis

MAFIKENG CEMETRY, OLD CEMETERY, PRETORIA North West Province, South Africa. Gauteng, South Africa.

SMITH, Cecil Warwick SMITH, Charles Edward

BRITISH ANGLO –BOER WAR MEMORIAL LELIEHOEK CEMETERY, LELIEHOEK CEMETERY, Leliehoek Cemetery, Ladybrand, Free State, Ladybrand, Free State, Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa. South Africa. South Africa.

SMITH, William Brownlee SMITH, William Brownlee SMITH, William Brownlee

BRITISH ANGLO –BOER WAR MEMORIAL BRITISH ANGLO –BOER WAR MEMORIAL Primrose Cemetery, Germiston, Primrose Cemetery, Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. Gauteng, South Africa.

TOSSWELL, Ernest Browning TOSSWELL, Ernest Browning

AKAROA WAR MEMORIAL, AKAROA WAR MEMORIAL, CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND

TOSSWELL, Ernest Browning TOSSWELL, Ernest Browning

MARLBOROUGH SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL UNVEILING CEREMONY 3 June 1904