The Canadian Scouts were raised in the Transvaal upon the 18th of January 1901 for general service in South Africa, in common with a number of other SAMIF formations, they were disbanded in Pretoria on the 30th of June 1902.
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Originally Posted by kingsley
Never heard of the Canadian Scouts before.I understand that Australians served in quite a few of the small irregular Boer War units. The Australian War Memorial has a picture of an Australian member of Lumsden's Horse complete with his original hat and shoulder title.
Has anyone ever seen a list of British or other regiments which included a substantial number of Australians?
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