Hello Colyn Welcome to the list. It is encouraging to see just how much dedication there is to the preservation of our heritage. Great job!! You have probably already done St John's Cemetery, Wynberg, Cape but if you haven't - I have a photo of a gravestone for a Private J Fox of the 4th West Yorkshire Regiment (died 13th Oct 1900) . I will email it to you off list if you want it. There is a large memorial for Boer War casualties in that cemetery but I have not photographed it yet. Regards Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colyn Brookes" <culvwrcm@bmh.co.za> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 7:54 AM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Introduction > > > Hi Heather & Listers > > Just a quick introduction; > > I live in Cape Town, and have done since 1985, I was born in the UK > although > my Mother was South African (Hermanus) my Father was English. He was > stationed in Johannesburg during WWII. > >>From 1966 to 1975 I served in the Scots Guards, and moved to South Africa >>in > 1979. > > The signature below will probably say it all, but I have been researching > both Family History and Military History for almost 20 years now. I try to > get out every 3 months or so, and cover between 2,000 and 3,000 kilometers > photographing war graves, although I do short (300km) trips on a more > regular basis. I hope to retire in 2006 and spend more time in the field. > > Although I started photographing War Graves a few years ago the database > concentrated on WWI and WWII, this was followed by the Angolan War. I only > started on Boer War graves in January 2005, and will have to retrace some > of > my earlier trips. Requests from certain quarters recently have resulted in > certain Shirwrecks being included. I currently have 2,700 photographs on > file. > > I am receiving support (non financial) from the South African Heritage > Resource Agency, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, South African Militay > History Society and the Veterans Admin division of the SANDF, as well as > some local Academics. > > Regards > > Colyn Brookes > Project Director > > MIBISA (Military Burials In South Africa) Archive Project > > Volunteer, British War Memorial Project > > SA Coordinator, Australian War Graves Photograph Archives > > http://gallery146080.fotopic.net/ > cedwardb@mweb.co.za > > Tel/Fax +27-21-930-2752 > Mobile 083-252-0450 > > > > > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > Heather's South African Genealogy Help List > www.genealogy.co.za > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >