Boer War stretcher-bearers. Two uniformed stretcher-bearers in the British Army carry an empty, wheeled stretcher across a muddy battlefield during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). The man on the left appears to be Indian, and may have been one of thousands of Indian Army officers shipped to South Africa to help the British fight the Boers. South Africa, circa 1900. South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa.
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Boer War stretcher-bearers. Two uniformed stretcher-bearers in the British Army carry an empty, wheeled stretcher across a muddy battlefield during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). The man on the left appears to be Indian, and may have been one of thousands of Indian Army officers shipped to South Africa to help the British fight the Boers. South Africa, circa 1900. South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa.

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