South African Military History Society

Heilbron Cemetery ABW Reburials Memorial


Photo: Derek Walker

Location
Heilbron, Free State Province, South Africa
Heilbron Cemetery, President Street
The Reburials Memorial is in the centre of an area that contains graves from the Anglo-Boer War.

GPS: 27 deg 16 min 42.79 sec S, 27 deg 58 min 11.42 sec E


Photo: Derek Walker

Significance
Graves have been relocated to this site from Kromellenboog, Wolvehoek and Heilbron.


Photo: Derek Walker

The 4-sided Reburials Memorial is inscribed:

1899 1902
IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF BRITISH SOLDIERS
WHO WERE ORIGINALLY BURIED AT
KROMELLENBOOG, WOLVEHOEK AND HEILBRON
AND WHO NOW LIE BURIED HERE

The plinth of the memorial is engraved:

HEILBRON
ERECTED BY S.A. WAR GRAVES BOARD 1964


Photo: Derek Walker

Further reading:
Heilbron ABW Memorial

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