Hi, On the list of headstones is there one for Sgt. Frederick A.Ferris? He served with the 1st.Victorian Contingent and then returned to South Africa with the Scottish Horse. He was badly wounded at Gun Hill, Bakenlaagte and upon recovering applied for a commission with his unit Unfortunately his time ran out and he died of disease in Febuary 1902. He is one of those Australians that sometimes gets left off casualty lists through no fault of his own. Regards, George Ward Melbourne -----Original Message----- From: Colin Roe [mailto:croe@pcug.org.au] Sent: Monday, 5 December 2005 10:40 PM To: BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOER-WAR] Re: 'Grave' business On Sunday 04 December 2005 23:36, George Ward wrote in BOER-WAR-D-request@rootsweb.com: > RE: [BOER-WAR] Fw: 'Grave' business of finding the Boer War casualties Part > 3 Date: Sun Dec 4 09:01:11 2005 > From: "George Ward" <wardfam@alphalink.com.au> > To: BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi, > Both Capt. John Kelly and Lt.Alfred G,Johnston were serving with the > 5th.Victorian Mtd Rifles. > John Price in his book "They proved to all the Earth" states that Capt. > John Kelly has cross on his grave, date 8-5- > 1901 and is now buried in the Middelburg Cemetery. > He has no last resting place for Johnston. Maybe the fact that one was KIA > and the other wounded has a bearing on it. Johnston would probably have > been buried near the site of the action > and Kelly brought into the hospital. > I probably have small photos of both these officers. > > Regards, > George Ward Melbourne Aust. Hi With the recent reports of increased cemetery vandalism in South Africa and the salvaging of Boer War era metal grave markers for scrap, it would be usefull if we could pool our existing grave photos so that the images at least remain available to future generations. I can probably arrange for HAGSOC to include all the Australian graves (including Australians serving in British or South African units) on it's 'South African Graves' website - see www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/index.php Does anyone have photo of the grave with the cross dated 8-5-1901 in Middleburg Cemetery attributed to Capt. John Kelly of the 5th.Victorian Mounted Rifles? It is not included amongst the Middleburg photos at www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/za01200.php. Regards Colin Roe -- Colin Roe, Torrens ACT Australia Oz-Boer Database (www.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi) ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== Getting Started on Boer War Research? http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BWInfo.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Hi George, 38260 Sgt. F.A. Ferris is shown as having died of peritonitis (probably as a result of a burst appendix) at Middelburg 6/2/1902. He is buried at Middelburg Cemetery and his grave is marked with an unnamed metal cross. Additional information is that he was aged 21 and religion C of E. Regards, David George Ward <wardfam@alphalink.com.au> wrote: Hi, On the list of headstones is there one for Sgt. Frederick A.Ferris? He served with the 1st.Victorian Contingent and then returned to South Africa with the Scottish Horse. He was badly wounded at Gun Hill, Bakenlaagte and upon recovering applied for a commission with his unit Unfortunately his time ran out and he died of disease in Febuary 1902. He is one of those Australians that sometimes gets left off casualty lists through no fault of his own. Regards, George Ward Melbourne --------------------------------- How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos

Good evening David, I was fortunate enough to visit the Middleburg Cemetery in Febuary 2000 and came across the metal cross to Ferris. It has had another metal plate attached to the cross onto which is stamped " In memory of Sgt.F.Ferris Sco Horse 6.2.02". Another Scottish Horse chap,Tpr G.Fox is buried nearby. I tried to photograph any grave of soldiers fron Victoria that I came across. Fred Ferris's family sold his QSA a few years ago and I hope to purchase it sometime in the future. It is thought that he maybe also be entitled to a KSA but the family did not have it. What they did have was the Union Jack that was said to have been used over his coffin at his funeral. There was also his badges etc but the dealer has split them off. Thank you for the information, I will put it with his photo. Kind regards, George Ward -----Original Message----- From: David Humphry [mailto:davidh9999@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, 6 December 2005 7:27 PM To: BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [BOER-WAR] Re: 'Grave' business Hi George, 38260 Sgt. F.A. Ferris is shown as having died of peritonitis (probably as a result of a burst appendix) at Middelburg 6/2/1902. He is buried at Middelburg Cemetery and his grave is marked with an unnamed metal cross. Additional information is that he was aged 21 and religion C of E. Regards, David George Ward <wardfam@alphalink.com.au> wrote: Hi, On the list of headstones is there one for Sgt. Frederick A.Ferris? He served with the 1st.Victorian Contingent and then returned to South Africa with the Scottish Horse. He was badly wounded at Gun Hill, Bakenlaagte and upon recovering applied for a commission with his unit Unfortunately his time ran out and he died of disease in Febuary 1902. He is one of those Australians that sometimes gets left off casualty lists through no fault of his own. Regards, George Ward Melbourne --------------------------------- How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== List Admin Message http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Hi George, Steve Watt's book was published in 2000 so presumably the metal name plate was added after he visited the site. That's good to know, especially in view of the ongoing vandalism, pillaging and grave robbing at ABW cemeteries. The Scottish Horse medal roll (included in Kevin Aplin's Imperial Yeomanry roll) shows that Ferris did indeed receive a KSA as well as a QSA with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg and Diamond Hill. Regards, David George Ward <wardfam@alphalink.com.au> wrote: Good evening David, I was fortunate enough to visit the Middleburg Cemetery in Febuary 2000 and came across the metal cross to Ferris. It has had another metal plate attached to the cross onto which is stamped " In memory of Sgt.F.Ferris Sco Horse 6.2.02". Another Scottish Horse chap,Tpr G.Fox is buried nearby. I tried to photograph any grave of soldiers fron Victoria that I came across. Fred Ferris's family sold his QSA a few years ago and I hope to purchase it sometime in the future. It is thought that he maybe also be entitled to a KSA but the family did not have it. What they did have was the Union Jack that was said to have been used over his coffin at his funeral. There was also his badges etc but the dealer has split them off. Thank you for the information, I will put it with his photo. Kind regards, George Ward --------------------------------- Play Santa's Celebrity Xmas Party, an exclusive game from Yahoo!