1261 Shoeing Smith (not Staff Sergeant as on the cemetery memorial) Albert Edward Spowart, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles. A blacksmith of Deans Marsh, Surf Coast, Victoria, Australia. He deployed with his contingent, 1000 strong, sailing on 15 Feb 1901. Soon after arriving they were taken to the Transvaal. In May and Jun 1901 the 5th Victorian MR were operating in the Eastern Transvaal under General Beatson. On 7 May 1901 they had sharp fighting at Rhenoster Kop (Captain John Kelly, Lieutenant Johnston and 1 man killed, 3 men wounded). In Sep 1901 they were in Colonel Pulteney's column and continued almost till the close of the war to march and fight in his column in the south-east of the Transvaal and along the Zulu-land border. Shoeing Smith Spowart died of enteric fever (typhoid) at No 1 Stationary Hospital, Charlestown, Natal aged 22 years. He was buried in Charlestown. His remains were later reinterred in Newcastle. He is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour in Treloar Crescent, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; on the Ballarat Boer War Memorial in Queen Victoria Square, Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2600) and on the 5th Contingent Victorian Mounted Rifles Boer War memorial in Kings Domain, St Kilda Road & Government House Drive, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/3082).
1261 Shoeing Smith (not Staff Sergeant as on the cemetery memorial) Albert Edward Spowart, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles. A blacksmith of Deans Marsh, Surf Coast, Victoria, Australia. He deployed with his contingent, 1000 strong, sailing on 15 Feb 1901. Soon after arriving they were taken to the Transvaal. In May and Jun 1901 the 5th Victorian MR were operating in the Eastern Transvaal under General Beatson. On 7 May 1901 they had sharp fighting at Rhenoster Kop (Captain John Kelly, Lieutenant Johnston and 1 man killed, 3 men wounded). In Sep 1901 they were in Colonel Pulteney's column and continued almost till the close of the war to march and fight in his column in the south-east of the Transvaal and along the Zulu-land border. Shoeing Smith Spowart died of enteric fever (typhoid) at No 1 Stationary Hospital, Charlestown, Natal aged 22 years. He was buried in Charlestown. His remains were later reinterred in Newcastle. He is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour in Treloar Crescent, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; on the Ballarat Boer War Memorial in Queen Victoria Square, Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2600) and on the 5th Contingent Victorian Mounted Rifles Boer War memorial in Kings Domain, St Kilda Road & Government House Drive, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/3082).
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