Hoeveel voorouers het jy?

 

Verskaf deur Japie Bosch - Jeffreysbaai

ONS SOEK GRAFTE

Ons soek dooies

gebêre in grafte

En die lewendes

gestol in skagte



Derduisende en duisende

uit ons lendene

word streng genoteer

en weer geroteer



De Villiers se notasie

duld geen spasie

onleesbaar en onverteerbaar

word dit gebaar.



Maar ons soek

skryf 'n boek

'n duk boek

sien ons soek?



Almal oe en a

en gryp na

'n bottel wyn

vir die genealogiese pyn.



GESKRYF DEUR NEELS COERTSE

Fiksheidsprogram

Hierdie kreatiewe gebruik van Afrikaanse idiome is onlangs in Die Burger gepubliseer en die skrywer daarvan, Hoffie Williams van Jeffreysbaai het dit goedgunstiglik ook beskikbaar gestel vir plasing op hierdie webjoernaal.

Die Kaapse Koper Maatskappy Medalje vir die Verdediging van O'okiep

Voorkant

King’s Suid Afrika Medalje

Medalje Voorkant en Agterkant

Toegeken deur die Verenigde Koninkryk
Tipe:  Kampanje Medalje
Geldigheid Troepe wat in Suid Afrika diens gedoen het op of na 1 Januarie 1902, en 18 maande diens voltooi het voor 1 Junie 1902
Toegeken Vir Dienste gelewer
Kampanje

FAMILIE NAVORSING IS NIE VIR SISSIES NIE

Sterk wees moet jy wees

of dikvellig wees

of jy moet 'n wees wees

sonder familie lewend

verkieslik dood

dooies praat hulle eie praat

lewendes wil nie praat

of praat te veel

of leef te lank

hoor dan ander lewende

Adv Neels Coertse

geraamtes in kaste

ou dooie koeie en ou dooie bulle

kom op uit hulle slote

en op uit die gate in die grond

en die lewende is

moordadig kwaad en wil gewere

messe of bomme uitpluk

om die geskiedenis reg te ruk.



GESKRYF DEUR NEELS COERTSE

The British & Colonial Transport Medal

Transport vessels were engaged for unlimited service to convey troops, supplies and animals to and from South Africa.

Troops were carried in the fastest vessels available but it was found that large cargo boats were preferable to liners because they could be adapted more easily for military use. The size of vessel was also a factor. Experience showed that vessels of shorter length and lighter draught were more easily managed in South African waters and the accommodation on board roughly fitted a military unit.

The requirements for the transport of horses either meant that cattle ships were brought into service or other vessels were converted in a process that was both slow and costly.

The wide variety of supplies that were needed in South Africa necessitated that freight ships were often modified to suit the items to be carried.
Between 1899 and 1902 the transport vessels conveyed:
 Nearly 400,000 troops to South Africa from many ports around the world
 340,000 horses of which 13,000 died on the journey
 103,000 mules of which 2,000 died on the journey
 Over 1,000,000 tons of foodstuffs and forage
 Wounded and sick were brought back to England
Of all the ships involved, only three were lost:
 Carinthia. 400 mules lost
 Denton. A freight ship that was carrying stores
 Ismore. A transport ship which lost the guns of the 63rd Battery RFA and 315 horses