Melbourne - 5th Contingent Victorian Mounted Rifles Back to Search

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Location Kings Domain, St Kilda Road & Government House Drive, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Sandstone castle like structure
Built Architect G. De Lacy-Evans; sculptor Joseph Hamilton
Opened 29 May 1904 by Brigadier-General Gordon
Inscription

AD
1903

King and Empire

Plaque:

Erected by members of the 5th Victorian Contingent V.M.R.

In memory of their fallen comrades in South Africa. 1901-2

Left Side Inscription
Casualties

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Back Inscription
Casualties

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Right Side Inscription
CASUALTIES
[Names]

Condition

Good

Names

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COULTER, Sydney Richard

Lieutenant
5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion)
Born 25 May 1876

HOULIHAN, John Francis

Service number 1485
Farrier Sergeant
5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion)
Born 22 Jun 1873

HARRISON, Henry

Service number 1366
Corporal
5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion)
Born 27 Mar 1876

NEWLANDS, Henry

Service number 1404
Corporal
5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion)
Born 1878

JOHNSTON, Alfred Gresham

Service number OFFICER
Lieutenant
5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion)

ROBERTSON, Robert Patrick Norton

Service number 1344
Corporal
5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion)
Born 17 Mar 1872

PALMER, Herbert Appleton

Service number OFFICER
Lieutenant Colonel
5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion)
Born 1874

BUCKINGHAM, Alfred George Kearnan

Service number 1700
Sergeant
5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion)
Born 7 Nov 1880

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