The known list of veterans from the Casterton district of South-West Victoria, Australia who were involved in the Crimean War are as follows:

• ANDREW, John Stevens
  • also known as "Jack FOSTER"
  • b. 1833, Pulborough, Sussex, Eng., son of Samuel ANDREW & Mary Ann STEVENS
  • lived at "Merino Downs Station", Henty, Vic.
  • served with the Royal Navy at the siege of Sevastopol
  • d. 1918, buried in the Merino Cemetery

• GRANT, Robert
  • lived at Sandford

• McEACHERN, Duncan
  • b. 1834, Morvern, Argyll, Sct, son of Archibald McEACHERN and Margaret McLACHLAN
  • known as 'Little Duncan' McEACHERN
  • lived at "Stonefield" & "Trough's Creek", Grassdale, near Digby / Hotspur, Vic.
  • Unmarried, d. 1913, buried in the Hotspur Cemetery, Vic, Aus

• O'BREE, Henry
  • b. 1827, London, England, son of Phineas William O'BREE & Susannah SMITH
  • served with the Navy in the Crimean War
  • m. 1858, Liverpool, England to Frances PIERPOINT
  • lived at "Muntham Station" near Carapook, Vic. before moving north to Natimuk and later to Swan Hill.

• PEACHEY, Charles
  • b. ca 1836, London, England, son of Charles & Jane PEACHEY
  • lived at Casterton, married 1863 at Sandford, Vic. to Louisa Charlotte LEY
  • d. 1864, buried Old Casterton Cemetery, Australia

• UPTON, George
  • b. 1832, Kent, England, son of Thomas UPTON and Ann CLARKE
  • worked at "Muntham Station", lived at Wando Bridge, near Casterton
  • m. 1866 to Jane KANE
  • d. 1925, Wando Bridge, buried Sandford Cemetery.

The known list of veterans from the Casterton district of South-West Victoria, Australia who were involved in the American Civil War are as follows:

• McEACHERN, Duncan [more details]
• b. 1834, Morvern, Argylle, Sct
• known as 'Little Duncan' McEACHERN
• enl Oct. 10, 1862, at Boston, age 25, 13th Battery Mass. Light Artillery, American Civil War. Occupation upon enlistment given as "seaman"
• mustered Oct. 10, 1862
• transfered Oct. 7 1863 to V.R.C
• Discharged March 2 1865, for disability as of 18th Co. 2nd Battn. V.R.C.
• lived at "Stonefield" & "Trough's Creek", Grassdale, near Digby / Hotspur, Vic.
• d. 1913, buried in the Hotspur Cemetery, Vic, Aus

The known list of veterans from the Casterton district of South-West Victoria, Australia who were involved in the Anglo-Boer War are as follows:

• BLAIR, Henry Charles
  • b. 1875 Casterton, Vic., son of John Allan BLAIR and Hannah LARKINS
  • Attended Bahgallah School S.S.1586
  • Boer War, Cpl No 6, 4th Victorian Bushman
  • Occupation: Farm Labourer, Casterton area

• BLAIR, William John
  • b. 1871 Casterton, Vic., son of John Allan BLAIR and Hannah LARKINS
  • Attended Bahgallah School S.S.1586
  • Boer War, Pte No 964, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
  • Occupation: Farm Labourer, Casterton area
  • Married 1906, Caroline HARVEY 1870-1957
  • Died 1954, Hamilton, buried, Casterton New Cemetery

• BOWD, Charles
  • b. 1880, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England., son of ___ and ___.
  • Boer War - service appears to have been with the Royal Engineers in which he served for 9 years.
  • WW1 - enlisted 1915, Sydney, New South Wales with 18th Field Coy Engineers, AIF. Occupation - Wheelwright, not married. NOK - sister Mary Ann DALE, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • WW1 - served at Gallipoli and in France with 12th Field Coy Engineers, AIF
  • WW1 - awarded the Military Medal (MM) in France in 1917 with 12th Field Coy Engineers, AIF
  • WW1 - returned to Australia and was discharged in 1919
  • 1923 - working at Minimay, near Goroke, Western Victoria
  • 1951 - death registereed at Harrow, Western Victoria
  • 1951 - buried in the Casterton New Cemetery. Headstone records service in the Boer War and MM recipient.

• BRIDGELAND, Frederick Charles Lionel
  • b. 1882 Orroroo, South Australia, son of George Alfred BIDGELAND and Fanny Elizabeth HANCEY
  • lived at Casterton
  • Boer War, 5th Mounted Rifles (VIC)
  • WW1, KIA, 6 Aug 1915, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli, Turkey
  • Named on Casterton War Memorial

• BUCHAN, James Patrick
  • b. 1882, Penola, South Australia, son of Archibald BUCHAN and Margaret KELLY
  • lived at Comaum, South Australia
  • Boer War, Tpr, Trooper, 2311, G Squadron South African Light Horse. Served 3/5/1901 to 2/12/1901.
  • Returned from Cape Town to Adelaide per the "Moravian"
  • WW1: Sapper, 6456, 4th Field Coy Engineers, AIF. 14/12/1915 to 9/12/1918.
  • Resided Kalgoorlie & Perth, worked as taxi driver, died 19/12/1957, Mt.Lawley, WA, aged 75. Buried Karrakatta.

• BURT, Alexander Thomas
  • b. 1877, Penola, South Australia, son of Thomas John BURT and Jessie Buchanan WHITEFORD
  • Casterton dictrict, Vic.
  • Boer War, BeaconsfieldTG
  • d. 1935, Preston, Vic.

• CAMERON, Ewen 'Hugh'
  • b. 1875, 'Dunan', Henty, son of Donald CAMERON and Elizabeth 'Eliza' FLETCHER
  • lived at Wando Vale, Henty, Vic. & Gerladton, WA
  • Allotment 7, Section V, Wando Vale Closer Settlement Scheme (1900)
  • Boer War, Private, 1898, Queensland Unit, 3rd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. At time of 8/2/1902 enlistment at Lytton, Qld, he had resided at Roma for at least 7 months, occupation given as stockman.
  • WW1, Pte 3089, 10th Battalion, KIA 1918, Hazebrouck, France
  • Named on Carapook WW1 Honour Roll
  • Named on Henty State School 2020 WW1 Honour Roll

• COLLIE, John 'Jack'
  • b. ca 1870, son of Allan COLLIE and Isabella COLLIE
  • lived at Mumbannar
  • Boer War, Pte 219, 4th Imperial Contingent
  • m. 1911 to Elizabeth McKINNON

• CONDY, George
  • b. 1882, Carlton, Vic., son of George CONDY and Catherine 'Kate' FACEY
  • lived at Wando Vale
  • Boer War, Pte 511, 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse
  • d. 1949, Heidleberg, Vic.

• COWELL, Francis Gilbert
  • b. 1880, Bringalbert (Edenhope), Vic., son of Arthur Alexander COWELL and Janet Lennox HAMILTON
  • Boer War, Pte 344, 4th Tasmanian Contingent (2nd Imperial Bushmen)
  • died of disease, 1901, Deelfontain, Richmond District, CP, South Africa
  • Grave 97, Deelfontain Cemetery, South Africa

• COWELL, Henry Lennox
  • b. 1877, Bringalbert (Edenhope), Vic., son of Arthur Alexander COWELL and Janet Lennox HAMILTON
  • Boer War, Twice enlisted with NZ forces.
    1st: Private, 1292, Wellington Section, No12 Company, 5th NZ Contingent. Embarked per Waimate, 31/3/1900. Occupation farmer, address same as NOK-father, Arthur Alexander Cowell, Somerset, Tasmania.
    2nd: Sergeant-Major, 1708, 10th NZ Contingent. Embarked per Drayton Grange, 14.4.1902.
  • WW1, 1st AIF, 8th Light Horse Regiment, KIA, 1915 "The Nek", Gallipoli, Turkey

• DUFF, James Robert
  • b. 1883, Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, son of James Morris DUFF and Margaret Emma LITTLE
  • Butcher (age 19y), at Drouin, Victoria when he enlisted in the Boer War
  • Boer War, Pte 642, 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse (Victoria)
  • m. 1908 to Agnes CONDER 1881-1914, 4 chn (James, Dorothy, Nancy & Basil)
  • Enlisted in WW1 in 1914, 32y old Butcher, widower from Beeac, Victoria
  • Served as L/Cpl 95, 4th Light Horse Regiment, AIF at Gallipoli
  • Served as L/Cpl 95, Anzac Provost Corps, AIF in France
  • m2. 1917, England to Mary LEACH
  • RTA in 1920 with new wife, 2 more chn in 1920 & 1922
  • "Elderslie Station" Soldier Settler in 1920, Langkoop, Victoria
  • d. 1950, Colac, Victoria

• EDWARDS, Robert 'Bob' Duncan
  • b. 1880, Merino, Vic., son of Charles William Vickery EDWARDS and Flora McPHEE, d. 1967, Geelong, Vic.
  • Boer War, Pte 826, 5th Contingent (Mounted Rifles)
  • m. 1914 Christina Jean BRUNTON
  • lived at Henty (between Merino & Sandford)
  • Named on Henty State School 2020 WW1 Honour Roll
  • Named on Merino War Memorial

• GREEN, Charles Henry "Charlie"
  • b. 1880, Greenock, South Australia, son of Charles Frederick GREEN and Margaret WALKER
  • lived at Lindsay (near the SA border)

• GRINHAM, Roy McNeil
  • b. 1875, Sandford, Vic, son of Israel GRINHAM and Margery McNEIL
  • Boer War, Pte 856, 5th Contingent (Mounted Rifles); wounded Klipplaat 07/06/1901, invalided back to Australia.
  • m. 1913 Catherine ANDERSON/RIGNEY
  • lived at Casterton

• HICKEY, John Thomas
  • Boer War - Private, 969, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles Contingent.
    1901 address: Casterton, NOK-father, Thomas Hickey, Portland. Occupation boundary rider.
    Born 1880 Casterton. Died 1932, Moonee Ponds. Buried 15/8/1932, Fawkner Cemetery.
  • Reurned home with Bob EDWARDS of Henty

• HORTLE, Francis 'Frank' William
  • b. 1880, Warrnambool, Vic., son of James Littleton HORTLE and Thirza Emily PRICE
  • Boer War, Bugler, 2nd (Mounted Rifles) Contingent, POW
  • Decorated for bravery
  • lived at Casterton
  • d. 1962

• McDONALD, H
  • Major
  • lived at Strathdownie

• McGILLIVRAY, James McIntosh
  • b. 1851, Inverness-shire, Scotland son of James McGILLIVRAY and Mary McINTOSH.
  • Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM), 5th South Australian Contingent
  • lived at Lake Mundi, near Strathdownie, west of Casterton
  • married Sophia Campbell PATTERSON in 1881, Robe, SA
  • 9 children, some born in South Australia and William John (1888), James Alexander (1889), Jessie Ann (1892) & John Robert McGILLIVRAY (1894) born at Casterton or Lake Mundi.
  • 2 of his sons (James & John) served with the 9th Light Horse Regiment, AIF at Gallipoli in 1915, James was killed and John returned.
  • One of six Mount Gambier members of the South Australian Contingent which went to England in 1897 for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
  • Killed at Vankollensfontein, South Africa, 21 Jul 1901
  • Photograph on Australian War Memorial website

• McGINTY, Alfred James
  • b. 1881, Penola, South Australia, son of James McGINTY and Annabella McCALMAN of "Wattle Park" Lake Mundi, west of Casterton, Victoria.
  • Boer War, Pte 598, 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse (Vic) Contingent
  • Farmer, Bonnie Doon, Victoria
  • married Ethel May SHERMAN, 1913, Townsville, Queensland, 5chn.
  • d. 1950, Heghenden, North Queensland

• MELDRUM, Frederick James
  • b. 1872 Merino, Vic., son of William Douglas MELDRUM and Annie Maria SHARPLEY.
  • Boer War, Pte 451, 3rd Vic Bushmen
  • WW1 Cpl 1943 4th Light Horse Regiment
  • enlisted 21-8-1914, RTA 7-01-1919
  • d. 1943, Ballarat, Vic.
  • Named on Merino War Memorial

• McDONALD, John R
  • b. 1860, Coleraine, Vic., son of John McDONALD & Rachel McKENZIE
  • Lived at "Bella Vista" Carapook with his brother Norman (Maj., 1st AIF)
  • Known as "Capt. Jack"; Capt. in the 4th New Zealand Contingent
  • Unmarried, d. 1939 in Melbourne

• McKINNON, Hector John
  • b. 1882, Mumbannar (nr Dartmoor), Victoria., son of Lachlan McKINNON & Margaret McMILLAN who operated the "Plough Inn" at Mumbannar for many years.
  • lived at Strathdownie ?
  • Boer War, Unit ?
  • Went to Western Australia where he married and had at least 3 children

• McLEAN, Archibald
  • b. 1881, Merino, Vic., son of Donald McLEAN and Elizabeth ORR
  • lived at Bowtels Creek, near Sandford, Vic.
  • Boer War, Tpr 4563 7th New Zealand Contingent
  • killed in action, 1902, Holspruit, South Africa

• PESKETT, Albert
  • b. 1873 Casterton, Vic., son of Richard PESKETT and Martha Jane TYRER
  • Boer War, Pte 455, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse
  • Presented with a gold medal from the people of Casterton in recognition of his services in the South African War.
  • Married Ethel Mabel JONES in 1919, died at Casterton in 1935.

• SEALEY, Herbert Albert
  • b. 1875 Casterton, Vic., son of George SEALEY and Mary GREENHAM
  • Boer War, Pte 1488, Vic Mounted Rifles
  • d. 1900, (enteric fever) Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • buried Bloemfontein Military Cemetery
  • Cypress Tree at Casterton Hospital gates.
  • Casterton Boer War Memorial

• SMALPAGE, Eugene Best
  • b. 1882 Sandford, Vic., son of Francis George SMALPAGE and Jamesina BEST
  • Boer War, Tpr 413 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse, (Goldfields Contingent) Western Australia
  • enlisted 31 Jul 1916 1st AIF
  • Pte 3287, 10th Light Horse Regiment, AIF
  • RTA 27 Jan 1919
  • m. 1916, WA, Christina BALL
  • d. 1962, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia.
  • buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA

• SPRIGG, Henry Howard
  • b. 1876 Casterton, Vic., son of Clarkson SPRIGG and Mary Ann RYALL
  • no information on Boer War involvement. ["Can't confirm if he went to South Africa. May have enlisted at same time as brother, James, but wasn't accepted for active service.(?)" Paul Kruger]
  • m. 1904, Anastasia Ellen WILLIAMSON

• SPRIGG, James
  • b. 1878 Casterton, Vic., son of Clarkson SPRIGG and Mary Ann RYALL
  • Boer War, Pte 1609 5th (Mounted Rifles) Vic. Contingent
  • m. 1915, Margaret Augusta CUSSEN
  • d. 1954, Northcote, Vic.

• STOCK, Duncan
  • lived at Hotspur & Sandford

• STOCK, Thomas
  • lived at Hotspur & Sandford
  • killed in action, Battle of Rensburg, South Africa
  • Cypress Tree at Casterton Hospital gates.
  • Casterton Boer War Memorial

• TARGETT, Harold Scott
  • b. 1877, Casterton, Vic., son of Walter Scott TARGETT and Emily CHAPMAN
  • This family moved to NSW where the father Walter, died 1918, Kogarah. Appears mother, Emily CHAPMAN, born Colac, Victoria, died 1941 Penrith, NSW. Harold Scott TARGETT married 1915, Manly, NSW to Vera Maitland.
  • Boer War, Pte 849, NSW Imperial Bushmen

• WATSON, Henry
  • b. 1872, Merino, Vic., son of ...... ?
  • Drover, NSW
  • Boer War, Pte 1296, NSW Bushmen

• WATSON, L
  • lived at Strathdownie