1. St. Helena honours Boer War prisoners.
- Author
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Laurent, Rosemary
- Subjects
SOUTH African War, 1899-1902 -- Prisoners & prisons ,MILITARY funerals ,AFRIKANERS - Abstract
Discusses how the cemetery of the nearly 200 Boer soldiers who died on the British outpost at St. Helena as prisoners of war were visited and honoured in June, 1991 by a South African Navy vessel. Visit to the site by a representative from South Africa's National Monuments Council, Maritia Badenhorst, who accompanied the logistic support vessel `SAS Drakensberg' on its South Atlantic voyage to renovate the Boer cemetery; Brief history of the Boer War; Renovations done.
- Published
- 1991