About This Unit
AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS CONTINGENT. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DETAILS.
COMPRISED 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 bugler, and 14 privates.
No. and Name.
Jermyn, Frederick D.
1323. Elphick, Harold Edward
1333. Nation, John Boath ..
1285. Smith, Edward Adolphus
1324. James, Frederick William
1325. Angrave, Alfred James
1326. Ayliffe, William Lionel
1327. Blackwell, Matthew ..
1328. Chamberlayne, Thomas Cecil
1329. Davis, William Frank M.
1330. Hollywood, Simon John
1331. Higgs, Ernest Alexander
1332. Muir, Thomas Kerr ..
1334. Neville, Henry Beauchamp
1335. Paynter, Oliver Arthur
1336. Rule, Vivian Roland ..
1337. Stone, William Ernest
1338. Worthington, Andrew Leonard
In this connexion it may be mentioned that Nursing Sisters M. S. Bidmead,
Glenie, and N. S. Harris, proceeded from Adelaide to South Africa at an early stage
of the war. Sister Bidmead obtained the Royal Red Cross (Despatches, London
Gazette, 10th September, 1901). Sisters Bidmead and Glenie were presented
with Devoted Service Crosses at the Review on Coronation Day, 26th Jane, 1902.
Sister Harris returned by the transport Tongariro from Cape Town, leaving on 31et
March, 1901. No further records of S. A. Nursing Sisters could be obtained.
Extract from - Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, compiled and edited in 1911 by Lieutenant-Colonel P.L. Murray, R.A.A. (Ret.). p., 378