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I have acquired a ABW/WWI group to a Cpl Dirk Johannes Oberholster (Oberholzer elsewhere on this site)

Referring to the attached Vorm C, he appears to have been WIA on 11 May 1901 at Zout.....? (the writing is difficult to interpret)

Could anyone tell me in what action he would have been wounded and what the nature of his wound was (I can't make it out from the form)





Regards

Rory

Hi Rory,

Yes very challenging; I would guess Zoutpansburg. There were a lot of skirmishes around that period and in that area.

For example Fort Hendrina was still in the town of Louis Trichardt and was captured by the British on 9 May 1901.

I see he was with the Lichtenburg Commando and was at Kraaipan which is neat in itself.

Rory, Sturgy possibly Sandriver (Zant rivier). There were quite a few POW's taken on 10 and 11 May there.