Rodney Talbot Devereux

Forenames

Rodney Talbot AWMM

Surname

Devereux AWMM

Also known as

• Deveraux AWMM
• Rd B Devereux AWMM

Service number

435 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

5 Mar 1879 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kundibar, 72 Market Road, One-Tree Hill, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Henry De Bohun Devereux, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

435 AWMM

Military service

• College Rifles AWMM
• Waiuku Mounted Rifles AWMM

Medals and Awards

Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg clasps) AWMM

Enlistment

South Africa Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 2nd Contingent AWMM 2nd New Zealand Mounted Rifles. Hotchkiss Detachment AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

South Africa Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 2nd Contingent AWMM

Death

29 Nov 1900 AWMM

Age at death

22yrs

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 291, 7 December 1900, Page 5

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

• Diamond Hill Garden of Remembrance, Donkerhoek, South Africa AWMM
• Reitfontein Farm Cemetery AWMM

Obituary

• NZ Herald 16 January 1901 (account of battle)
  
  Auckland Star, 7 December 1900 (obituary)
  
  New Zealand Graphic, 15 December 1900 (with photograph)
  
  New Zealand Herald, 7 December 1900 (casualty lists and obituary) AWMM
• THE LATE CORPORAL DEVEREUX.
  Aucklanders will deeply regret to see in the list of "killed" in the Reitfontein fight the name of a young Aucklander, Corporal Rodney Devereux ,of the Second Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Infantry. The late Corporal Devereux, who was only 22 years of age. was a son of the Hon. H. de Bohun Devereux, of the Auckland Customs. He was an old St. John's College boy, and was a corporal in the College Rifles. He had been in the employ of Messrs A. Clark and Sons, in Auckland, prior to joining the Second Contingent, His relatives had anticipated his arrival home here about Christmas, as his recent letters had stated that he had fallen behind his contingent through having lost his horse, and that he contemplated leaving for home after serving a time in the military police.
  
  Yesterday Mr Devereux received the following telegram from the Premier: "Deeply regret to inform you that Governor at Capetown cabled me that No. 435, Corporal Rodney Devereux, was killed in recent action at Reitfontein. You have my sincere heartfelt sympathy, and the consolation, small though it be, that he died a noble death, fighting for the Empire."
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 291, 7 December 1900, Page 5

Memorial name

• Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Memorial plaque, 2nd New Zealand Contingent, Boer War 1900, Ranfurly Veterans' Home, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, South African War Memorial 1899 - 1902 AWMM
• The Devereux Memorial Shield, Holy Trinity Anglican Church Waiuku, now held at the Waiuku Museum.
  Public - King's College Archive - Researcher - 5 May 2026 - https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/devereux-memorial-shield
• Roll of Honour, King's College Memorial Chapel at King's College, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.
  Public - Sarah - Researcher - 5 May 2026 - Roll of Honour inside King's College Memorial Chapel.

Related objects

External links

• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Military Cemetery- Gauteng, CULLINAN district, Donkerhoek, Diamond Hill, South Africa.
  http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=655934
  Further Reference
• Devereux Memorial Shield, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 2-Jul-2024
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/devereux-memorial-shield
  Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
  Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 1900. H.6. Nominal Roll
• The New Zealand Herald
  [Account of death during the attack on at Reitfontein). (1901, 16 January). New Zealand Herald.
• The New Zealand Herald
  Regretted loss - Waiuku Mounted Rifles. 1900, December 10). New Zealand Herald.
• The New Zealand Herald
  New Zealand Herald, 7 December 1900 (casualty lists and obituary)
• The New Zealand Graphic
  New Zealand Graphic, 15 December 1900 (with photograph)
• The Auckland Star
  Auckland Star, 7 December 1900 (obituary)