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*:[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol113an.html "Boer prisoners of war on the Island of St Helena"] by A J Nathan. ''Military History Journal'' Vol 11 No 3/4 - October 1999. The South African Military History Society.:*Article [https://web.archive.org/web/20120724205739/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/island-of-no-return/story-e6frg8rf-1226424604109 "Island of no return"] ([[St. Helena]]) by Gavin Bell ''Weekend Australian 14 July 2012'' Travel and Indulgence section, page 1 briefly says "Nothing remains of a prisoner-of-war camp on a high plateau where 6000 Afrikaners were held during the Boer War, but the graves of 156 who never saw their homeland again are carefully tended on a steep hillside. Two granite obelisks bearing their names stand as a memorial ..."
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*[http://www.geni.com/projects/Anglo-Boere-Oorlog-Boer-War-1899-1902-POW-Ceylon/14300 Anglo Boere Oorlog/Boer War (1899-1902) POW Ceylon] geni.com
**[https://www.scribd.com/doc/24687734/Diyatalawa Diyatalawa] by Major Anton Edema. POW Camp for Boers in Ceylon.
: Also see the Fibiwiki page [[Ceylon]] for additional information about POWs in Ceylon.
*[http://www.geni.com/projects/Anglo-Boere-Oorlog-Boer-War-1899-1902-POW-Saint-Helena/14301 Anglo Boere Oorlog/Boer War (1899-1902) POW Saint Helena] geni.com
*Details of [http://www.pey.co.za/site/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=9&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1 ''The Anglo-Boer War Diaries of Jan Geldenhuys''] Includes the period from April 1902 when he was captured and sent as a prisoner of war to Umballa, where his experiences till 20th November 1902, were documented. He later met up with his father and brother who were POW’s at Bhimtal. The diaries were originally written in High Dutch. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131127124258/http://www.pey.co.za/site/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=9&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1 archive.org] link)
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