Andrew funny how these things link up. I include the extract from your message that caught my interest. My father in law served with the CMR 1899-1902 and BSAF after that, was in the then Northern Rhodesia as a trader from Kasempa and Kanshansi. His two elder children were born 1911 and 1913 at the Kalene Hill Mission run by Dr Fisher and family. Wilhelm Frykberg owned land in the Mwinilunga area too. There was quite a large colony of Swedes up there at the time. Do you have much info of that time? Photos? I do. Patricia Frykberg Andrew Roger wrote..... > My grandmother, Josephine Maria HAARHOFF, was a nurse with the > neutral German Ambulance in the Boer War, and treated men from both > sides; later, she was a medical missionary in the Chinsali District > of what is now Zambia, where she met her husband, Robert Donald > MacMINN, who was working for the Church of Scotland and founded Lubwa > Mission. their only child was my mother, born in > 1911.

Have you heard of the 'Bastard of Bethulie' ? He was a man who had been a hero in earlier years in the Eastern Cape leading his troops from the Prince Alfred Guard in the notorious K Wars. I have read that he was instrumental in setting up a Rocket system to send lines to stricken ships during storms off Port Elizabeth. He is recorded as receiving a commendation for sending supplies to the survivors of Rorkes Drift. Then during The Anglo Boer war he was appointed as a Camp Commander at Bethulie where he was obviously unsuitable for the job. He had no knowledge or experience in handling civilians, their dietary requirements and establishing a sanitation system. Fortunately the Brits fired him and installed a new camp Supervisor who rectified the situation within weeks. His name? - Major Russell Deare......No relation. -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat Frykberg Sent: 12 December 2011 10:35 AM To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] camps/ WW1 POWs/ Zambia post ABW Andrew funny how these things link up. I include the extract from your message that caught my interest. My father in law served with the CMR 1899-1902 and BSAF after that, was in the then Northern Rhodesia as a trader from Kasempa and Kanshansi. His two elder children were born 1911 and 1913 at the Kalene Hill Mission run by Dr Fisher and family. Wilhelm Frykberg owned land in the Mwinilunga area too. There was quite a large colony of Swedes up there at the time. Do you have much info of that time? Photos? I do. Patricia Frykberg Andrew Roger wrote..... > My grandmother, Josephine Maria HAARHOFF, was a nurse with the > neutral German Ambulance in the Boer War, and treated men from both > sides; later, she was a medical missionary in the Chinsali District > of what is now Zambia, where she met her husband, Robert Donald > MacMINN, who was working for the Church of Scotland and founded Lubwa > Mission. their only child was my mother, born in > 1911. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1873 / Virus Database: 2102/4675 - Release Date: 12/11/11