Category: WW1

Not for Ourselves, but for Others

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Private Beleza rests in a home fit for heroes

  This article was published in the Cape Argus on 17th July 2014 under the title “Private Beleza rests in a home fit for heroes” and is reprinted here with…
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Delville Wood Re-interment

  The South African Veterans and French Veterans form the honour guard at the War Memorial in Delville Wood, and drop the veteran association standards in honour of Private Beleza…
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The New Zealanders` Farewell to the South Africans

This was written after the South Africans held their positions at Deville Wood on the Western Front, for a loss of 2536 of their men during World War I. This poem, written by…
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