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Hello David
Following your advice to Sarah on research in SA is there a contact out there who could locate service records for the Natal Carbineers in the 1906 Native Rebellion
Thanks
Clive

Thank you so much for the info so far.
As far as I have been told by my mum & my aunt (now deceased) - he went out to Africa to join the BSAP, and travelled around visiting farms sorting out disputes - would this be when they weren't fighting? I know he stayed on and had a farm and his younger brother Sydney came out to join him.
In September 1907 he pops up arriving in Montreal, Canada. He spent some time with the North West Mounted Police presumably on the strength of his time with the BSAP. He was subsequently a homesteader, a gold prospector, worked on the Canadian Pacific railway before signing up for with the Canadian forces for WW1 and being posted back to England. When he built his own home in 1930 he named it Zimbabwe so you would think he had special memories of there.
The questions I am looking for answers to, are:
How was he recruited - did he likely see adverts in a newspaper? Was there a recruiting sergeant who went round enlisting young men?
When might he have travelled out to Africa and how did he get there (presumably by ship from Southampton to Cape Town?). It seems he would have been expected to serve for 2 years but if he was shot in the leg would he have been let off early?
What engagements was he involved in
An account of how he was shot in the leg (would be nice, but probably unrealistic)
When he finished serving in the BSAP
Is there a way to find out if he bought a farm
When he left Africa
Photos:
I think I can assume that the photo of 5 men is from the BSAP
The photo of a large group of men lounging around - is that from the Boer War? It doesn't look Canadian, but I could be wrong.
The 3 six pointed stars - are they from the Boer War? In the photo above, some of the men seem to have 3 small items on their hats.

Now, to have answers to all of that would be my ultimate dream! I appreciate that I am not likely to find half of that out.
Kind regards
Sarah

Sarah,

It seems the BSAP archives are in Zimbabwe so I am seeking the name of a researcher there.

Thank you, much appreciated!

Clive Stone wrote: Hello David
Following your advice to Sarah on research in SA is there a contact out there who could locate service records for the Natal Carbineers in the 1906 Native Rebellion
Thanks
Clive

These papers don't exist Clive

With reference to the photograph with the chaps in the tricorn hats?
If I was a betting man, I would put a few pounds on those chaps being in Swedish uniforms circa 1910. Not sure if Sweden or the Swedish army is relevant to your Grandfather?
However, possibly one of your questions answered?

PS....I believe the 3 badges on the hat in the photograph are crowns not stars.


Dave.........