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''3. The duty of guarding the Boer POWs fell exclusively upon the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) as Abbottabad was their home station, and they in fact levelled and prepared the location where the camp was and also looked after their charges in every way. The best account of them is given in the ''History of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, 1858 to 1928'' Aldershot: Gale and Polden, 1928, and this confirms all other records and verifiable sources. A very good mention is also made in an article by C Parrett in ''Durbar: Journal of the IMHS'' Vol 28, No 1, Spring 2011, regarding Boer POWS in India.'' [http://www.imhs.org.uk IMHS Website]
''4. Whilst here the Boers also had to do some manual labour in metalling the Havelian-Abbottabad stretch of hill road. The 'Hazara District Gazeteer' for 1907 gives this information. ''
''5. When they left in 1904, the site of their [POW camp was partially converted into the Army PT and Mountaineering school and part of it into Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC) local/regional HQ. Both these facilities lasted here until 1947.''
