Images from c1986
Timaru South African War memorial.
Inscription
North panel
"THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF TIMARU AND DISTRICTS TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR SOLDIER SONS WHO DIED IN ACTION OR FROM WOUNDS OR DISEASE DURING THE BOER WAR 1899-1902"
"THEY DESERVE WELL OF THEIR COUNTRY"
East panel
|
Sergeant |
F A Baron |
II SA Light Horse |
|
Sergeant |
F Kirton |
|
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Farrier Sgt |
R F Smith |
H.N.Z Contingent |
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Trooper |
E R Barrar |
V Contingent |
|
Trooper |
F Bourn |
II Contingent |
|
Trooper |
J Butler |
III Contingent |
|
Trooper |
D Clarke |
V Contingent |
|
Trooper |
J Counihan |
VII Contingent |
|
Trooper |
T M Freeman |
II Contingent |
|
Trooper |
J Lund |
X Contingent |
|
Trooper |
W Mathews |
VI Contingent |
|
Trooper |
C D Merry |
VI Contingent |
|
Trooper |
W N Moffatt |
III Contingent |
|
Trooper |
W C Monahan |
VII Contingent |
West panel
Corporal |
W Byne |
I Contingent |
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Corporal |
D Fogarty |
X Contingent |
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Lance Corp |
W Roddick |
VII Contingent |
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Lance Corp |
D McKay |
V Contingent |
|
Lance Corp |
T L Scott |
III Contingent |
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Lance Corp |
G [C] E Smith (see comments at end of page) |
III Contingent |
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Lance Corp |
W Stevenson |
VII Contingent |
|
Lance Corp |
E Ward |
IX Contingent |
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Lance Corp |
A J Whitney |
VII Contingent |
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|
R C Coker |
Kitchener's Scouts |
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Pvt |
W D Harrison |
Imperial Light Infantry |
|
Trooper |
H O'Hagan |
SA Light Horse |
|
Trooper |
W D Harrison |
Imperial Light Infantry |
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Major |
A G Mahan |
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South panel
"THIS TABLET BEARS THE NAMES OF THE MEN WHO SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA AND WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919"
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Lt Colonel |
C E Thomas |
Main Body NZEF |
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Capt |
L O'Callaghan |
XVIII Reinforcements |
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Sgt |
W Rutherford |
Main Body NZEF |
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Sgt |
H Collins |
III Reinforcements |
|
Corp |
P Campbell |
VII Reinforcements |
|
Gunner |
W Andrews |
IX Reinforcements |
|
Pvt |
W A Wall |
Main Body NZEF |
|
Pvt |
C F N Minifie |
XI Reinforcements |
|
Pvt |
J L Graham |
XII Reinforcements |
|
Pvt |
W Gosling |
IX Reinforcements |
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Trooper |
D A J Ferguson |
VII Reinforcements |
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Corp |
G W Saunderson |
II Reinforcements |
Information Bruce Comfort
Images: Bruce Comfort, 2010; Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, c1986
See also: more information about this memorial and about South Cantabrians in the South African War (RootsWeb)