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1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honoredCopyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. African “iroko” hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death ...
They didn’t serve in Europe but in the fringe battles in Africa, where Allied forces fought in the then-German colonies of German South West Africa (now Namibia) and German East Africa (now ...
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In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.
But soon after joining the army in 1914, the 21-year-old was sent to the Western Front to fight against German forces. In October 1914, his father wrote to ask whether he had enough underwear to ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried.
African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in World War I and have no known grave, in Cape Town ...
1,772 Black Servicemen Who Died in WWI Were Ignored in South Africa. at Last They Are Being Honored CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set ...
Long forgotten, Black servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial in South Africa
They didn't serve in Europe but in the fringe battles in Africa, where Allied forces fought in the then-German colonies of German South West Africa (now Namibia) and German East Africa (now Tanzania).
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