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From: "Doug & Pat Frykberg" <>
Subject: Re: Boer War / Kimberley / POWRIE
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:39:42 +1300


Mrs Duminy can be reached at
Fantastic helper.
pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Pratt <>
To: <>
Date: Saturday, 3 March 2001 02:34 AM
Subject: Re: Boer War / Kimberley / POWRIE


>Mrs Duminy at the Africana Library in Kimberley is online, she told me they
>no longer subscribe to Rootsweb because they would just end up answering
>emails all day and doing any other library tasks'. She was most helpful in
>finding my relatives in an index for West End Cementery. I visited her so
I
>don't have an email address.
>Derek PRatt
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Keith Meintjes <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:32 PM
>Subject: Boer War / Kimberley / POWRIE
>
>
>> I have found that a J. POWRIE died (12/12/1899) of wounds received in the
>> Battle of Magersfontein, and is buried in Kimberley, "West End GR". He
>was a
>> British soldier in the "Royal Highlanders", and very probably was not of
>the
>> South African POWRIE family.
>>
>> How would I find if his grave has any inscription? (What was his first
>name?)
>> Are there sources in Kimberley or on the Web? I would also appreciate
>> pointers on how to search for British military records.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Keith Meintjes
>> Michigan, USA
>>
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