Brakpan Mine Rand Revolt 10 March 1922 Memorial
Also known as Anzac Memorial Brakpan and
the Brakpan Mine Garden of Remembrance.
Photo: Derek Walker
Location
Adjacent to the Anzac suburb of Brakpan, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
In Main Reef Road, approximately 720 metres from the traffic circle at the intersection
of Prince George Avenue and Main Reef Road, Brakpan, take the track to the left for approximately 185 metres.
GPS: 26 deg 13 min 3.6 sec S, 28 deg 21 min 17.6 E.
Significance
The Memorial commemorates 8 men who lost their lives on 10 March 1922.
They were defending the Brakpan Mine during the Rand Revolt in what has
become known as the "Brakpan Mine Incident".
Photo: Derek Walker
Photo: Derek Walker
The Memorial was inscribed:
VICTIMS OF VIOLENT
INTERNECINE STRIFE
THEY VALUED DUTY HIGHER THAN LIFE
Graves of Mine Officials H. Martin and L Phillips
Photo: Derek Walker
Graves of Mine Officials A.B. Momsen and G.W. Lowden
Photo: Derek Walker
Graves of South African Police Special Constables S.J. Combrink and F.H. Smit
Photo: Derek Walker
Graves of Special Constable J.H. Jordaan and V.F. Brodigan (Lieutenant, Late RE)
Photo: Derek Walker
Reference
1922 Rand Revolution. by Mr Rodney Warwick