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Replica of memorial erected at Sunnyside near Kimberley, South Africa in 1900 commemorates those who fought in the South African (Boer) War.
Sunnyside was an action fought on 1 January 1900 during the Second South African War, in which a ‘flying column' of less than 500 British, Canadian and Australian troops under Lieut.-Colonel T.D. Pilcher of the Northumberland Fusiliers attacked a camp of some 180 Boers near the township of Douglas on the western border of the Orange Free State.
Location
Address: | Lloyd Street, Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, 4051 |
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State: | QLD |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -27.424978 Long: 152.986577 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Conflict |
Sub-Theme: | Boer |
Actual Event Start Date: | 11-October-1899 |
Actual Event End Date: | 31-May-1902 |
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