Left a wallaby on board a ship with Australian soldiers sailing for South Africa,
right a photo of a springbok taken during the Anglo-Boer War
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Van Rensburg's of Rensburg Siding, Colesberg, Cape part
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Rensburg Siding: Boer Leaders part 3
The Anglo-Boer War around
Rensburg Siding Nov 1899 part
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Anglo-Boer War around Rensburg Siding Dec 1899 part
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Anglo-Boer War around Rensburg Siding Jan 1900 part
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Rensburg Siding Feb 1900 part 7
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The Anglo-Boer War: Australians capture De Wet's artillery gun at Rensburgdrift part 10
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The Van Rensburg's of Rensburg Siding, Colesberg, Cape
During the Anglo-Boer War 1899 - 1902 16,000 Australians served with official contingents, and another 8,000 joined irregular South African units. The first Australian casualties were suffered near the town of Colesberg, at a desolate stopping place for trains, called Rensburg Siding. The siding was obviously named after members of a Van Rensburg family* who have until now not been identified by historians. An endeavour shall now be made to explore their background and to give a factual account of the various skirmishes which took place at Rensburg Siding, Arundel, Australian Hill, New Zealand Hill, Slingersfontein and places around Colesberg.
Grave of Sidney
Aherns age 22 died on 22 November 1901
at Middelburg serving with 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles
British Empire
coloured red. Soldiers from Great Britian, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India,
Ceylon, Rhodesia came to fight for the mother country and the Empire against
the Boers
Songs commemorating the Australians taking up arms with the
British against the Boers
Memorial at Donkerhoek to the Australians who served in the
Anglo-Boer War
Photo by Hetta
Scholtz
