The Fifth Contingent - West Otago soldiers

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THE FIFTH CONTINGENT ROLL
West Otago Soldiers (in Bold print)
South Africa 1899 - 1902


Captain H. D. JACKSON, ??? Imperial officer and late Dunedin City Rifles.
Lieutenant William MARSHALL (30), farmer. Oamaru, late North Otago Mounted Rifles, and member Jubilee contingent N.Z.M.R
Lieutenant Alexander MCLENNAN (36), farmer, Wedderburn ; formerly lieutenant Naseby Rifles,
Lieutenant William Henry ROSS, farmer, Hakataramea ; late sergeant North Otago Mounted Rifles.
Sergeant BOOTH, Amos (24), 5ft 7 1/4in, labourer, Oamaru; four years N.O.M.R.
Sergeant BRADDOCK, Alfred Edward (28), 5ft 8in, station overseer, Alexandra, ex-member of Adelaide Lancers.
Sergeant PATTERSON, James Dunlop (30), 5ft 10in, miner, Cardrona.
Corporal BLACK, George Corliss (23), 5ft 8in, machinist, Dunedin; gunner B Battery.
Corporal GOLDSTONE, T.
Corporal MACLEAN, Lachlan Moray (23), 5ft 9 1/2in, clerk, Dunedin; six years in B Battery, and holds a sergeant's certificate.
Corporal MOFFETT, William Albert (31), 6ft, miner, Invercargiil, two years in Southland Hussars.

TROOPERS

ADAM, William Challoner (22), 5ft 7 1/2in, sawmill labourer, Owaka.
AITKEN, George (28), 5ft 9 1/2in, farm labourer, Naseby.
AITKEN, Robert (23), 5ft 10in, butcher, Invercargill.
ANDREW, John (23), 5ft 7 1/2in, baker, Outram.
ANNETT, Charles, McLure (32), 5ft 7 1/4in, horsebreaker and musterer, Hyde.
ANDERSON, James Henry (24), 5ft 9 1/2in, horsebreaker, Outram.
BARRACLOUGH, John William (25), 5ft 8in. bootmaker and saddler, Oamaru; volunteer for seven years.
BATGER. Harold William (31), 5ft 10 1/2in, law student, Dunedin.
BAYLEY, Frederick (21), 5ft 9in, farmer, Waihemo.
BEANGE, Henry Greenshields (24), 5ft 9in, farmer, Wyndham.
BRIGGS, Edney (25), 5ft 9 1/4in, shepherd, Balclutha.
BUTTARS, Thomas (22), 5ft 9 1/2in, labourer, North-East Valley.
CAMPBELL, Archibald (22), 5ft 7 3/4in, attendant, Seacliff.
CLARKE, Daniel (21), 5ft 10in, stockman, Kurow.
COLLINS, Charles Clinton (21), 5ft 8 1/2in, labourer, Beaumont.
CUBITT, Thomas (21), 5ft 7 1/4in, tramway labourer, Dunedin.
DE LAUTOUR, Cecil Andrew (20), 5ft 6 1/2in, foundry apprentice, Anderson's Bay.
DICKSON, Archibald (21), 6ft, farmer, Croydon Bush.
DONALDSON, Thomas (28), 5ft 7in, chemist, Invercargill ; two and a-half years in Southland Mounted Rifles.
DON, Anggus Mitchell (19), 5ft 7 1/4in, rabbiter, Roslyn, bugler.
DRYDEN, Alfred Ponsford (21), 5ft 8in, groom, Balclutha.
EADY, William (26), 5ft 11in, dredge hand, Miller's Flat.
FERGUSON, Alexander (23), 5ft 10in, miner, St. Bathans; volunteer.
FINDLAY, John (24), 5ft 11in, farm labourer, Mosgiel.
FRANCIS, M.
FRISKEN, John Thomas (26), 6ft, labourer, Myross Bush.
FORDE, John Francis (23), 5ft 6in, farmer, Waikiwi ; four years volunteers.
GOODMAN, Albert (22), 5ft 7in, groom, Caversham.
GRANT, Robert (23), 5ft 8 1/2in, labourer, Oamaru.
GREY, George (21), 5ft 8in, farmer, Pukeuri.
GREGG, William Lovell (31), 5ft 10 1/2in, dredging hand, Dunedin; ex-Otago Hussar.
HAINES, Daniel (26), 5ft 9in, butcher, Waikiwi; four years in G Battery.
HEMPLE, Herman (21), 5ft 10in, bushman, Invercargill.
HODGSON, John Joseph (22), 5ft 11in, farmer, Hampden.
HORNE, Thomas Robert (24), 5ft 11 1/4in, musterer, Selwyn.
HORMANN, Francis Frederick (22), 6ft, farmer, Waikiwi.
HOWATSON. David (27), 5ft 8in, ploughman, Clarksville.
HUTCHINSON, Thomas Holmes (23), 5ft 8in, saddler, Gore; two and a-half years in Gore Rifles.
IKIN, John (21), 5ft 9in, storeman, Maheno.
JAQUIERY, Bernard Edward (28), 5ft 8 1/2in, butcher, Invercargill.
KENT, Capel Hamilton (24), 5ft 8in, storeman, Outram.
KIDD, Gavin (26), 5ft 11in labourer, Shag Point.
LEAR, Ernest (24), 5ft 9 1/2in, rabbiter, South Dunedin.
LEDINGHAM, Alexander (24), 5ft 8 3/4in, horsebreaker and carpenter, Dunedin.
MASSEY, Edward John (26), 5ft 10in, bushman, Oamaru.
MASON, Frank (26), 5ft 8in, dredge hand, Cromwell.
MANLEY, John Charles (20), 5ft 10in, bench hand, Oamaru; lance-corporal Oamaru Rifles.
MATHESON, Angus (29), 5ft 11in, labourer, Kakanui.
MATHESON, John, farmer, Waikaia.
MELVIN, David (21), 5ft 8 1/2in, carter, Oamaru, formerly Dunedin City Guards.
MILLAR, John Armit (22), 6ft, musterer, Roslyn.
MILLAR, Henry (29), 5ft 7in, labourer, Mosgiel; East Taieri Rifles and Napier Artillery.
MOIR, John Y. (22), 5ft 11in, bushman, Ratanui.
MONAGHAN, James (26), 5ft 10in, shepherd, Lawrence.
MONK, Lawrence (22), 5ft 10 1/4in, warehouseman, Dunedin.
MCAULEY, David John (21), 5ft 7 3/4in, miner, Blue Spur.
MCDONALD, Angus (21), 5ft 9in, storeman, Hedgehope.
MCDONALD, James (22), 5ft 3in, ploughman, Kaitangata; bugler.
MCDOUGALL, William Hossack (29), 5ft 7in, rabbiter, Palmerston; First Inverness Rifle Volunteers.
MCGRATH, John (20), 5ft 11in, shepherd, Mossburn.
MCINTOSH, William S (35), 5ft 6 1/2in, labourer, Hedgehope.
MCKERCHAR, Donald (24), 5ft 9in, farmer Woodlands; ex-member Invercargill City Guards.
MCKAY, John McLean (21), 5ft 7 1/4in, groom Clinton.
MCKECHNIE, Graham Dawson (22), 5ft 8 1/4in butcher, Mataura.
NELSON, Peter (22), 5ft 10 1/4in, station hand, Invercargill.
PAGET, Martin (28), 6ft, miner, Alexandra South.
PETTENGELL, Frank (25), 5ft 10in, station hand, Ngapara.
PELLETT, Fred. Walter (21), 5ft 9in, tramway labourer, Dunedin ; volunteer.
RAYNE, Henry (21), 5ft 6in, rabbiter, Ngapara.
REID, Robert S. (21), 5ft 10 1/2in, saddler, North-East Valley; volunteer.
RIDDELL, Andrew Gabriel (23), 5ft 9in, carpenter, Orepuki.
RIDDELL, Robert (20), 5ft 6 1/4in, farmer, Henley; Otago Hussars.
ROGER, James (31), 5ft 10in, farm labourer, Sandymount; five years in volunteers.
ROBERTSON, James Stevenson (31) 5ft 7 1/2in, surfaceman, Kelso.
ROSS, William Henry (35), 5ft 7in, sheep-farmer, Hakataramea ; nine years North Otago Mounted Rifles.
RUSSELL, William (22), 5ft 11in, vanman, Dunedin.
SANDERSON, John (27), 5ft 10 1/2in, shunter, Peninsula; ex-gunner in Navals.
SEARLE, Richard (28), 5ft 8in, labourer, Kakanui.
SHANAHAN, Thomas (21), 5ft 11in, miner, Arrowtown.
SMAILNE, David (27), 5ft 7 1/2in, labourer, Mosgiel,
TAYLOR, James (21), 5ft 9 3/4in, farmer, Aparima; member Southland Mounted Rifles.
TEMPLETON, William Ernest (23), 5ft 9in, shearer, Waimate, Southland.
TEMPLETON, Samuel (21), 5ft 11in, coach-driver, Wyndham.
THOMSON, Thomas (20), 5ft 8 1/2in, farmer, Kakanui.
THORN, John Samuel (21), 5ft 10in, mill labourer, Roslyn; corporal Dunedin City Guards.
TURNBULL, James McKenzie (24), 5ft 8in, shepherd, Gore.
WATT, Charles William (22), 5ft 11 1/2in, ploughman, Inchclutha ; three years North Dunedin Rifles.
WHITE, William Frank (21), 5ft 7 1/2in, miner, Duntroon; six years in Naseby Rifles
WILTON, Sydney Harold (24), 6ft, platelayer, Dunedin.
WILHAMS, Dermot (21), 5ft 10 1/2in, shepherd, Queenstown.
WYBROW, Frederick (21), 5ft 8in, labourer, Holdane.

Transcribed from Otago Witness, Issue 2404, 29 March 1900, p.p 61- 62

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