Johan Wolfaardt of the
President Pretorius Museum in Potchefstroom,
South Africa recently contacted me with more information that
he had researched on the German Red Cross volunteers in the
Anglo-Boer War:
"In November 1899 the First German Ambulance embarked from
Naples (possibly on the on the
SS Koenig Albert). The First Ambulance
was managed by Military Medical Officer Dr
Matthiolius, assisted by Dr Heinrich
Kuttner and Dr Hildebrandt. All nursing staff was from the
Eppenburg Hospital and
included Sisters
Petrat, Lieberknecht,
Heldt, Wittum. They served on the Western Front and
was based in the Boer Hospital at Jacobsdal,
then moved to Brandfort and finally to
Kroonstad, were they joined forces with the Second German Red Cross
ambulance.
The Second
Ambulance arrived aboard the Herzog in Desember
1899. Their staff consisted of the leader, Dr
Ringel, Drs Wieting and
Flockeman, and Sisters
Botefuhr, Heiler,
Westphal and Theil, plus medical assistants Nagel,
Heuschkel, Muus and Sack. They managed
the hospital at Springfontein and served
the casualties of the Colesbertg Front,
before moving to Norvalspont and
Kroonstad. The combined ambulances moved
to Heilbron
and left SA in July 1900
A
combined unit of volunteers stayed on
and was called the Deutsche Lazarett.
This unit served the Free State forces until they were captured at
Fouriesburg in August 1900 and
repatriated back to Germany."
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