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This is Clare Deacon from Tasmania. Clare worked, as a nurse for five years, on the Western Front during WW1 and was awarded the Military Medal (the highest medal for nurses) for bravery and it was pinned on her by King George V at Buckingham Palace. She was also awarded the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal and is listed in the Dictionary of Biography of notable Australians.

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Berig oor die AB oorlog...kyk bietjie hoe positief die skrywer oor die Boere se karakter is....

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This sketch from my grandparents's ' voorhuis ' Must have been in most post ABW homes...

The Black Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. The British introduced the two sets of concentration camps - one for whites and one for black. Where does apartheid come from again?

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Members of New Zealand's Sixth Contingent burn a Boer farm, 1901. This photograph was possibly taken by Private William Raynes. During the second phase of the war Boer farms were often cleared of their inhabitants: houses and possessions were burned and the livestock either taken by the British or destroyed. As a result of this method, more than 30,000 farms were burnt and up to 3.6 million sheep were destroyed.

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Destruction of Boer farm

Members of New Zealand's Sixth Contingent burn a Boer farm, 1901

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Personal recollections testify that there were beatings and kicking of "Undesirables" in the camps by the British soldiers. The British burned the homesteads, killed livestock and destroyed crops. Women and children of burghers in the field were labeled "Undesirables" treated much worse than those of men who had surrendered.