- Entry type: Resource
- Entry ID: AWH000704
Nominal rolls and lists of medals and clasps for New South Wales Military Forces who served in Boer War
- Repository National Archives of Australia, Various Locations
- Date Range 1899 - 1907
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Description
The series contains a collection of nominal rolls and lists of medals and clasps awarded which relate to contingents and individuals from the New South Wales Military Forces who served in the Boer War. Folder 3B lists the members of the New South Wales Army Medical Corp who were entitled to the South Africa Medal and Clasp under the Army Order granting the Medal issued on 1st April, 1901. Page 11 lists the Nursing Sisters. The Nursing Sisters accompanied the Second Contingent which departed on 17th January 1900 on board the ship Moravian. Four remained in South Africa, Lady Superintendent and the others returned. Nursing Sister Elizabeth Nixon was awarded the Royal Red Cross; and was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette, 27.9.01, and Nursing Sister Mary Annie Pocock was mentioned in despatches, in the London Gazette 27.7.01.