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Australian Mounted Rifles was expanded into the 16th and 17th Australian Light Horse Regiments. Both regiments received an honorary banner for South African service in 1904 and the honorary distinction South Africa 1899–1902 for the service of the SAMR in
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Adelaide on 30 November. There, these soldiers were given a bonus of 30 days' pay by the South Australian Government and were disbanded. The remainder of the second contingent was attached to Brigadier-General
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ten prisoners. Returning to camp at 16:00 they retreated under fire, having lost two horses and expended most of their ammunition. Johannesburg was surrendered on the next day, and the SAMR entered the city behind corps commander
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during a Boer uprising in that area. According to one trooper, they returned 'with "whips" of loot'. After returning to De Aar, it moved to Norval's Pont by train, then marched to
Bloemfontein under Major Euthoven of
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Captain Charles James Reade. Among its men was
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Howland. The company was mostly composed of men with prior military experience, and numbered six officers and 121 men; it had no relation to the militia unit of the same name. It embarked at
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on 26 January 1900, disembarking at Cape Town on 25 February. The squadron encamped at
Maitland before departing for De Aar by train on 2 March, arriving at the latter four days later. It marched to
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began, and engaged Boer troops until the column crossed on 15 March. The squadron participated in the subsequent march to
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