| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR00996 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Diary, Typescript, Certificate, Photograph |
| Maker |
Hayward, Robert |
| Date made | 1900-1997 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War) |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Hayward, Robert (Trooper)
Description
Diary (and typed transcript) of No. 11 Trooper Robert Hayward (3rd Australian Bushmen's Contingent), kept while serving in the Boer War. The entries in the diary, apparently written after the event, are dated 13 February to 7 December 1900. They describe the journey from South Australia to South Africa on SS Maplemore, and patrols and fighting mainly in the Western Transvaal, including around Mafeking, Buffel's Hoek and Ottoshoop, where the commanding officer, Captain Samuel G. Hubbe, was killed. It also describes bad rations, Hayward's duties tending horses, his impressions of the Boers and the effects of different types of armour. The transcript includes some notes on the diary and a poem about the Contingent. The collection also includes Hayward's original Certificate of Discharge and a black and white photograph of a sketch (most likely ink and wash) titled 'The Battle of Malmani, South Australians Bushmen...Sept 12, 1900', the battle in which Captain Hubbe was killed. The photograph has been fully adhered to a backing card and shows some deterioration. In the right hand corner of the image is feint handwritten text in pencil 'drawn by R H...'.