The battalion stayed in South Africa throughout the war, which ended in June 1902 with the Peace of Vereeniging. In October that year 790 officers and men of the battalion left Point Natal on the SS Staffordshire bound for Malta, where they were then stationed.
The battalion remained in South Africa throughout the war, which concluded in June 1902 with the signing of a peace treaty at Vereeniging. Later that year, 790 officers and men of the battalion departed from Point Natal on the SS Staffordshire to head to Malta, where they were then assigned.