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British Pattern 1892 Cavalry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Lieutenant F W Mann, Victorian Mounted Rifles
Technology
Maker: Wilkinson Sword Company
British Pattern 1892 Cavalry Officer's Sword and Scabbard. The hilt is sheet steel with rolled edges and engraved with a large crown above the letters 'VMR'. The grips are black checkered pressed-leat...REL35732
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Calder, Winifred Braithwaite
Manuscript
Maker: Calder, Winifred Braithwaite
Extensive collection of research notes and other material relating to Colonel Tom Price and the Victorian Mounted Rifles, compiled during the writing of `Heroes and gentlemen'. Includes copies of offi...MSS1418
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C. 1903. Hand tinted studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Leslie C. Maygar VC DSO. Lt Maygar was ...
Photograph
C. 1903. Hand tinted studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Leslie C. Maygar VC DSO. Lt Maygar was the first Victorian to be awarded the Victoria Cross. He won his VC at Geelhoutboom in South Africa on 19...P01285.001
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Congdon, Samuel (Warrant Officer, b.1860 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Congdon, Samuel
Letters written to Warrant Officer Congdon from various members of the Victorian Mounted Rifles while serving in the Boer War; also includes photographs of the soldiers.PR01462
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Dawson, Fred (Trooper, b.1881 - d.1952)
Private Record
Maker: Dawson, Frederick
Notebook, containing mostly poetry and song lyrics, kept by No. 1599 Tropper Dawson during his service in the Boer War.PR01485
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Decoratively carved rifle butt : Farrier Sergeant P R King, 5 Victorian Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Butt from a Lee Enfield No1 Mk1 rifle, made of walnut wood, hand carved on both sides. The left side shows an unofficial Australian coat-of-arms set on a cross-hatched background, and comprising a shi...REL/15154
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De Jager's Drift, Natal, South Africa, 1901-09. Horses and wagons of the 5th Contingent of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Appleby, Hubert Oliver
De Jager's Drift, Natal, South Africa, 1901-09. Horses and wagons of the 5th Contingent of the Victorian Mounted Rifles to the Boer War fording the Buffels River. (Original print housed in P run in AW...P01866.008
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De Jager's Drift, Natal, South Africa, 1901-09. Horses and wagons of the 5th Contingent of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Appleby, Hubert Oliver
De Jager's Drift, Natal, South Africa, 1901-09. Horses and wagons of the 5th Contingent of the Victorian Mounted Rifles to the Boer War fording the Buffels River. (Original print housed in P run in AW...P01866.007
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Emergency rations : Private H H Parry, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unopened emergency field service ration tin in the form of a white metal cylinder with soldered ends. Each end has tinned brass band with a loose end designed to be opened by a patent key can opener. ...REL/00956
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Field service cap : Lieutenant H A A Embling, 4th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officer's khaki wool field service cap lined with khaki cotton. Two small brass buttons, with the pre-1893 Victorian military forces motto 'AUT PACE AUT BELLO', secure the flaps at the front. There ar...RELAWM15794
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Fort Lewis, South Africa, 1901. Riding their horses, members of E Company, 5th Contingent of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Appleby, Hubert Oliver
Fort Lewis, South Africa, 1901. Riding their horses, members of E Company, 5th Contingent of the Victorian Mounted Rifles to the Boer War, carry large tree branches back to their camp to use as firewo...P01866.004
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Johnston Hoek, Transvaal, South Africa, 1902-01. General Sir Hubert Plumer (? 4th from left) and ...
Photograph
Maker: Appleby, Hubert Oliver
Johnston Hoek, Transvaal, South Africa, 1902-01. General Sir Hubert Plumer (? 4th from left) and Colonel Pulteney (? 5th from left) with several other soldiers at a rocky vantage point in the countrys...P01866.011
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Leather holster for revolver and belt : Trooper S Duffell, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles Contingent
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Brown natural leather holster for revolver with folding flap. The flap is secured by a circular brass button and leather flap which is broken. A rectangular shaped leather loop is sewn into the insid...REL43104
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Lee-Enfield Mk I Cavalry Carbine : Major J Bruche, Commonwealth Horse
Technology
Lee-Enfield Mk I Cavalry Carbine. Receiver stamped ENFIELD 1898 over LEC over I. Butt stamped with the Enfield Armoury roundel over I/I and the letter B carved into the wood. The weapon is complete wi...RELAWM15887
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Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I* Rifle : Trooper H W Anderson, 5 Victorian Mounted Rifles
Technology
Lee Enfield Mark 1* bolt action rifle. Receiver stamped with a crown over VR ENFIELD 1900 LE I*. The left hand side of the butt is carved with the name H Anderson 1355. The right side of the fore end ...REL/19485
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Mauser Model 1893 Carbine : Lieutenant J McFarlane, Victorian Mounted Rifles
Technology
Maker: Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken AG
Mauser Model 1893 carbine with a turned down bolt arm. The left side of the action is marked DEUTSCHE WAFFEN UND MUNITIONSFABRIKEN BERLIN and the serial number. It has a full wood stock and top hand g...REL28266
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Melbourne, Vic. c.1900. Studio portrait of Lieutenant Frederick George Purcell in the uniform of ...
Photograph
Maker: Andrew Barrie & Henry Weedon, Talma Studios
Melbourne, Vic. c.1900. Studio portrait of Lieutenant Frederick George Purcell in the uniform of the Victorian Mounted Rifles taken prior to his embarking for the South African war with the 4th Victor...P01825.009
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Onverwacht, Transvaal, South Africa, 1902-01. A wounded Boer soldier lies face down on the ground ...
Photograph
Maker: Appleby, Hubert Oliver
Onverwacht, Transvaal, South Africa, 1902-01. A wounded Boer soldier lies face down on the ground with his head bandaged as members of the 5th Contingent, Victorian Mounted Rifles, look on. The Victor...P01866.009
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Onverwacht, Transvaal, South Africa, 1902-01. Members of the 5th Contingent, Victorian Mounted ...
Photograph
Maker: Appleby, Hubert Oliver
Onverwacht, Transvaal, South Africa, 1902-01. Members of the 5th Contingent, Victorian Mounted Rifles, attending the funeral in the open countryside of Major Vallentin and eighteen other soldiers kill...P01866.010
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Pongola Bosch, Transvaal, South Africa, 1901-10. Members of E Company, 5th Contingent, Victorian ...
Photograph
Maker: Appleby, Hubert Oliver
Pongola Bosch, Transvaal, South Africa, 1901-10. Members of E Company, 5th Contingent, Victorian Mounted Rifles, in action against the Boers in front of the Pongola Bosch. The men have dismounted from...P01866.006