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I'd like to hear of humour from the War, whether a formal joke or a funny incident.

I'll kick off with an old joke most will have heard:
Q: "Why do the Boers wear their boots when they sleep?"
A: " To keep de Wet from de feat."

Lol.

Company sergeant and a private were on the veld. As they were going to bed for the night, the sergeant said: "Private , look up into the sky and tell me what you see?"

The private said: "I see millions of stars."

Sgt: "And what does that tell you, clever boy?"

"Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Theologically, it tells me that God is great and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it tells me that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, sarge?"

Sgt: "Well private it tells me that somebody has stolen our bloody tent."

Here's an anecdote by 'Sandjie' Sandberg, Louis Botha's secretary.

General Louis Botha and his secretary were riding behind the Boer lines near Spioenkop during heavy fighting, when they spotted a burgher with a long gray beard behind a big boulder.
He was leaning back, legs outstretched, rifle across them, quietly smoking his pipe. As soon as he was discovered, the old fellow diligently began to polish his rifle.
"Old comrade," Botha called out, "from what Commando are you? Why are you not with your people at the front? Don't you hear how heavily they are fighting? What are you doing here?”
The old Boer replied:
"No, General, I'm reinforcing."