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Western Cape, WORCESTER district, De Doorns, Hex River Mountains, Railway accident (Kaffrarian Rifles) memorial

Cemetery information:- According to Paul Ash - A blast from the pass: "The upper reaches of the Hex River mountains are a lonely and desolate place for a train wreck. On a wind-scoured slope a few miles below the summit of the railway pass, there is a stone obelisk with the names of soldiers of the Kaffrarian Rifles, whose troop train rolled off the tracks here during the night of September 26 1914." https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/travel/2011-10-23-a-blast-from-the-pass/ Album complete. eGGSA captions by: James Anderson The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the cemetery location. Cemetery ID: 6254 Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:- GPSID: 7474 GPS: -33 25.344, 19 46.264

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Kaffrarian Rifles Memorial_1

Kaffrarian Rifles Memorial_1

Kaffrarian Rifles Memorial_2

Kaffrarian Rifles Memorial_2

Kaffrarian Rifles Memorial_3

Kaffrarian Rifles Memorial_3

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