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Titel: Äldre inlägg (arkiv) till 2002-12-20
Skrivet av: Nina M. Nordby skrivet 2002-05-28, 11:33
Døde svensker i Boerkrigen.Mange skandinaver kjempet frivillig under Boerkirgen i Syd Afrika. Jeg fant en liste over svensker som ble drept eller såret. Er det noen som kjenner igjen sine slektninger?: "Several of the fallen Swedes were buried on the battleground: Conrad Ahlstroem, Lilla Malma, Soedermanland Province. Julius Anderson, Stockholm. Johannes Flygare, Uppsala, Uppland Province. Nils Alfred Johnson, Brunnby, Province of Scania. Otto Stael von Holstein, Kristianstad, Province of Scania. Osvald Mark, City of Gothenburg. Nils Harald Nyqvist, City of Gothenburg. Carl Albert Olsson, City of Gothenburg (Grave No. 3, brother of Edvin Olsson). Edvin Olsson, City of Gothenburg (Grave No.3, brother of C.A. Olsson). Fredrik Osberg, City of Gothenburg.
Badly wounded Mr. Appelgren, Oskarshamn, Kalmar Province, died later. He was buried at Modder River, where General Cronjé's camp was situated.
Emil Lindstroem, Malmoe, Province of Scania, died in the British camp.
The surviving Scandinavians were sent to Bloemfontein, where the Corps was reorganised and received additional 80 volunteers from the four homelands. The Corps was not to survive until the end of the war however. On 27 February, 1900, the corps was reconstituted under General Cronjé at Paardeberg, and was not reorganised.
The Scandinavian prisoners were sent to the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic. They were held in Simonstown, South Africa, before being shipped to the small island. Three managed to escape: Hjalmar P:son Janeck (Helsingborg, Province of Scania) hid in a shallow hole he dug on a beach during a swimming exercise. Janeck was captured again but managed once again to escape. The two other escaping Swedes ( Privates Johansson and Hultin) managed to avoid capture and returned to the Boer side."