Researched and Written by Cheryl Griffin. ‘Our regiment has been completely capsized.’[i] With these words, Lieutenant Fred Stebbins of Brunswick summed up the disaster that befell the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles (5VMR) at Wilmansrust on the evening of 12 June 1901, a disaster that was to bring home the reality of the war in […]
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The Shire of Heidelberg : Boer War Volunteers
Given the total number of Victorians that volunteered and were accepted for the Boer War was only around 3,600, the enlistments from Heidelberg Shire were not great (volunteering and being accepted were two different things – most of the contingents raised had far more men offer their services than could actually be fitted into the restricted number of places available. There […]
The Shires of Whittlesea and Epping : Boer War Volunteers
Given the total number of Victorians that volunteered and were accepted for the Boer War was only around 3,600, the enlistments from the-then Epping and Whittlesea Shires was not great (volunteering and being accepted were two different things – most of the contingents raised had far more men offer their services than could actually be fitted into the restricted numbers available. There is far less […]
Shire of Eltham : Boer War Volunteers
The Boer War Given the total number of Victorians that volunteered and were accepted for the Boer War was only around 3,600, the enlistments from the Shire of Eltham was not great – volunteering and being accepted were two different things, most of the contingents raised had far more men offer their services than can actually fitted into the restricted […]