# Talk:South Australian Mounted Rifles

Trooper Henry Colley Hawker served in the 2nd South Australian Contingent and is listed in Murray, in George A Newbury’s South Australians and the South African War 1899-1902: being an alphabetical roll of those who took part, 1988, ISBN 0731644948 and online at http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer_more.cgi?record=9093 Henry Hawker was born in South Australia, served with the Royal Navy and made his own way to South Africa to serve with the South Australian Contingent. He is the father of Lanoe Hawker VC and the uncle of Arthur Bagot GC DSC. Anthony Staunton (talk) 01:02, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

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Reviewer: Gog the Mild (talk · contribs) 12:57, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

I have done a light copy edit. Please check and flag up anything you are unhappy with.
"The South Australian Adelaide Lancer and mounted rifle militia units were merged into the South Australian Mounted Rifles in 1895." Do you mean 'were merged to become the...'?
Rephrased. Kges1901 (talk) 17:24, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
"mostly composed of men who had served in the local defence force". Is there a possible link to "local defence force"?
Rephrased. Kges1901 (talk) 17:24, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
"In these operations, the company helped to guard the railway line from De Aar to the Modder River." Should "In" be either 'during' or 'after'?
Rephrased. Kges1901 (talk) 17:24, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
Does "with a mainly South Australian mixed volunteer group" mean what it says, or do you mean 'mainly SAMR...'?
Rephrased. Only South Australians there were the SAMR. Kges1901 (talk) 17:24, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
"providing reconnaissance for the army of Frederick Roberts". I think that it would be normal to give Roberts' rank rather than just his name.
Really good work. A nice article. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:11, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Added rank. Kges1901 (talk) 17:24, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
I should assess your GANs more frequently. They are easy on the assessor. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:05, 23 July 2018 (UTC)