"Scandinavian Volunteers in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 " Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Nov 2014 11:24 a.m. PST |
"In the spring of 1899, Mr Axel Christer Helmfrid Uggla, a Swedish engineer, who, since 1890, had been working in the Transvaal as Head of the Nederlandsch-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg Maatschappij (NZASM) Railway Workshops in Pretoria, took the initiative to form the 'Scandinavian Organisation' in the Transvaal. The main purpose of this organisation was to find work and housing for unemployed fellow Scandinavians and to raise funds to aid them (Uddgren, 1924, pp8f). This organisation had a Central Committee in Pretoria and a Local Committee in Johannesburg…"
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| Knight of St John | 03 Nov 2014 12:56 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 03 Nov 2014 11:30 p.m. PST |
My pleasure my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
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takes another stab at building a more perfect flight stand.
