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Boer soldiers, 1899

Boer soldiers, 1899

General Joubert's unit of Boer soldiers and their African servant stop for lunch at Newcastle, Natal, less than a week after war was declared in 1899. Several of the soldiers are leaning against Dr Visser's travelling medical wagon. Photographed by Robert Gell, 17 October 1899.

Archives New Zealand
Major H. M. W. Richardson's papers
Reference: WA 250, box 39

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