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Hi All
I purchased a QSA with 5 bars to 369 Tpr SS Burgess South Australian Imp Bushmen on a recent trip to Australia.
I've checked the Official records of the Australian Contingents and see this trooper is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 5th Contingent from Adelaide S A.

Can anyone on the Forum provide a copy of the medal roll, discharge form or more detail about this soldier in South Africa.
I note lots of action undertaken by the SA Imp Bushmen in the Free State and based in Kroonstad for some time during the Boer war.
I'm much obliged Tkx Evyn

Evyn
I did see the QSA to 5th SAust IB you were fortunate to be able to obtain. Medals to SAIB are certainly very uncommon on the market and I think you paid quite a fair price for the Burgess QSA. I had a look on the NAA site and found that his forenames were Stanley and Stephen; he was born in New South Wales, dark hair and complexion, was 20 YofA, stood 5'6" high, religion CofE, occupation Station Hand. The write-up on the JB Military Antiques site regarding Tpr. S.S.Burgess and the activities of the 5th, is, in my opinion, a very good narrative.
Some time ago, I contributed a couple of posts on a chap who served with 6th SAIB (Tpr. Mundy) and - as the 5th and 6th SAIB were merged in South Africa, it is possible you might get a little more general background from those posts.
Regards
IL.