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  1. A Boer War funeral. From the collection of Lieutenant (Lt) Bertram Alexander Gordon Watts, 5th ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A Boer War funeral. From the collection of Lieutenant (Lt) Bertram Alexander Gordon Watts, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles. Watts later served in the First World War, was awarded a DSO in 1916, and attai...

    P11294.010

  2. A British officer sitting on a rock on a hill overlooking Slingersfontein Camp. In January, just ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A British officer sitting on a rock on a hill overlooking Slingersfontein Camp. In January, just a few miles away from this camp, an Australian patrol was ambushed and New South Wales suffered its fi...

    A04416

  3. Absent Minded Beggar Relief Corps armband

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    Khaki cotton drill armband printed in red and black with a red cross in the centre within the words 'ABSENT. MINDED. BEGGAR. RELIEF. CORPS./ SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS./ 1899. 1900'. On eithrer side of the ver...

    REL/12124

  4. A camp of the NSW Imperial Bushmen on the veldt. Horses are to the left.

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    A camp of the NSW Imperial Bushmen on the veldt. Horses are to the left.

    A04284

  5. A collection of field artillery pieces captured from the Boers. A battery of six guns, mounted ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A collection of field artillery pieces captured from the Boers. A battery of six guns, mounted on limbers, are ranged in line on a field. Those guns which can be identified, are described from left ...

    P02578.011

  6. A Commemoration ceremony marking the death of Queen Victoria on 22 January 1901. A Union Jack ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A Commemoration ceremony marking the death of Queen Victoria on 22 January 1901. A Union Jack flag on a flag pole is seen to the right of the building. British troops, soldiers on the left and sailors...

    P04062.004

  7. African War Veterans Association Queensland lapel badge : S J Cossart

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    Shield-shaped badge, surmounted by a King's crown, shows a mounted horseman on a blue background. The words, 'QUEENSLAND AFRICAN WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION' appear within a red enamel border. On the rev...

    REL35821

  8. A group of Boer guerillas "in action" on a high feature in Natal. It has probably been posed for ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A group of Boer guerillas "in action" on a high feature in Natal. It has probably been posed for propaganda purposes, for the international media, demonstrating their military strength showing that t...

    P02578.007

  9. A group of Boers from General Lemmer's Orange Free State Unit in line formation in the Transvaal. ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A group of Boers from General Lemmer's Orange Free State Unit in line formation in the Transvaal. Two Krupp cannons at open sights provide the centre pieces. Led by Artillery Lieutenant Baay (unplac...

    P02578.015

  10. A group of men of the NSW Imperial Bushmen preparing forage for their horses. The soldier on the ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A group of men of the NSW Imperial Bushmen preparing forage for their horses. The soldier on the left is smoking a pipe.

    A04286

  11. A group of officers from D Squadron of the first contingent of the New South Wales Citizens' ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A group of officers from D Squadron of the first contingent of the New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen. They are sheltering under a canvas awning rigged to the side of the Commissiariat cart carrying v...

    P02578.014

  12. A group portrait of officers and men of the 3rd Battalion, A Squadron, First Commonwealth ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A group portrait of officers and men of the 3rd Battalion, A Squadron, First Commonwealth Contingent, who embarked at Sydney on the transport, SS Manhattan, on 1 April and arrived at Durban on 30 Apri...

    A04119

  13. A group portrait of the 9th Reinforcements of the 7th Light Horse Regiment at Liverpool Camp ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A group portrait of the 9th Reinforcements of the 7th Light Horse Regiment at Liverpool Camp prior to embarkation. Of the 53 which appear in the 9th Reinforcement group on the 7th light Horse Regiment...

    P06257.001

  14. A group portrait of unidentified Australian Boer War Veterans in Queen Street, Melbourne at their ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A group portrait of unidentified Australian Boer War Veterans in Queen Street, Melbourne at their reunion march. Note that many men are wearing their Queens and Kings South Africa medals and others ar...

    P04573.001

  15. A large parade ground in a city of South Africa where soldiers and civilians have formed into ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A large parade ground in a city of South Africa where soldiers and civilians have formed into lines waiting for the recruitment officers to sign them up for the war. In the left background there is a ...

    P04062.005

  16. A long and dusty column of British troops, probably led by their Commander-in-Chief, Field ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    A long and dusty column of British troops, probably led by their Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Lord Roberts, enters the Boer capital Pretoria in the Transvaal. Onlookers watch as the column passe...

    P02578.006

  17. Ammunition waistcoat : Boer Commando

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    Ammunition waistcoat featuring thirty pockets for storing ammunition. Waistcoat is made from a mustard coloured, pinstriped cotton and features a large main body and two shoulder straps, which button ...

    RELAWM06167

  18. An aerial view of a DH9 bomber aircraft of 144 Squadron, which was forced to land owing to engine ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    An aerial view of a DH9 bomber aircraft of 144 Squadron, which was forced to land owing to engine trouble in enemy territory east of the River Jordan after a bombing raid on Deraa. The pilot and obse...

    A04355

  19. An armed guard from the Northumberland Fusiliers escorts a handcuffed Boer sympathiser from the ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    An armed guard from the Northumberland Fusiliers escorts a handcuffed Boer sympathiser from the field. The renegade Englishman, Frank Pearson, was captured at Wolmaransstad. Several soldiers are sho...

    P02578.017

  20. An armoured train at Otsi in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, covered with branches, for either camouflage or ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    An armoured train at Otsi in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, covered with branches, for either camouflage or shade.

    P04544.008

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