2. Plaque - farm house
contributed by: John Schwartz
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Inligting deur Annette van Rensburg ontvang: Grafte van Hugh Merton GRAHAM en sy vrou Dora (Frank ELAND se dogter) & grafte van FRANK ELAND en sy vrou DORA Frank ELAND en Kaptein Percy HUNT het saam met my Oupa se twee broers Barend Christiaan & Jacobus Johannes VILJOEN en JACOBUS JOHANNES VILJOEN op 6 Augustus 1901 by die Viljoen plaashuis gedurende die ABO gesterf (hulle is in Duiwelskloof Helde Akker begrawe). On the night of 6 August 1901 Floris Visser was wounded in his ankle during an ambush of his Boer Commando by a patrol of the Bushveldt Carbineers, an irregular unit of the British Army, led by Captain Percy Frederick HUNT. The ambush took place at the Viljoen homestead in Duivelskloof. During the same attack, the Commando lost Field cornet Barend VILJOEN, his brother J.J. VILJOEN, and F.J. SCHELL. The Bushveldt Carbineers lost Captain HUNT and Sergeant Frank ELAND. (source: wikipedia) Cemetery information:- Album complete, all the headstones were photographed. eGGSA captions done by: Annatjie Erasmus. Information also available on the GGSA Cemetery DVD:- Cemetery ID: 2699 Names in cemetery: 2 Information submitted by: Andy Bermingham Google Earth Project Information:- GPSID: 3254 GPS: -23 36.938, 30 15.534
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