Trevor try joining the South Africa British Immigrants list at rootsweb - very helpful lot who have access to a great deal of material Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: David Humphry To: [email protected] Sent: 28 August 2003 18:26 Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] 16th Lancers at Fredericksdorp Trevor, Some men took their discharge in South Africa with a view to settling there. I imagine a man who transferred to the Army Reserve while still in SA would need special permission to do so but it seems most likely that Burn did just that. The fledgling SAC (effectively the British armed and mounted police force of the Transvaal) was formed during the Boer War and many British soldiers were transferred to it for war service. After the war when many of these men returned to the UK it would have been in need of experienced men to carry on. The Natal Carbineers were a local unit formed in Natal and during the war served in the Ladysmith campaign. I believe their descendant regiment is still part of the SA army today. Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: Trevor Hancock <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] 16th Lancers at Fredericksdorp > Hello David > > Many thanks for your message and the information on the 16th Lancers at > Lindley in January 1901. Pte Burn was the man I was interested in so your > email was most helpful.. > > You maybe interested to know that according to his 16th Lancers Service > Record, Arthur Burn recovered from his wounds and was transferred to the > reserve in South Africa in 1902 finally being discharged in 1906. He then > emigrated to Australia and joined the 10th Australian Light Horse on the > outbreak of WW1 and was killed in action at Gallipoli in August 1915. > > I also have his Australian Service Record which mentions that he spent 3 > years with the SA Constabulary and 3 months with the Natal Cabiniers > (whatever they were). I presume that he served with these two latter units > after he transferred to the army reserve. However, this is not clear from > his records. > > Kind regards > > Trevor Hancock ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== Getting Started on Boer War Research? http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BWInfo.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237