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Tag Archives: East Rand
Unravelling the Rand Revolt Casualties
One of the many thousands of questions that I have asked myself since I started photographing war graves was: “How many people were killed during the Rand Revolt?” The assumption being that you actually knew what the Rand Revolt of … Continue reading
Posted in East Rand, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Johannesburg, Memorials and Monuments, Personal, Retrospective, South Africa
Tagged 1922, Casualty, Cemetery, East Rand, gold, Johannesburg, miner, Rand Revolt
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A Honey of a Tank
A few years back, in 2011 I did the rounds of the usual haunts, hunting down plinthed and preserved tanks, there were three models that fell into my research, namely Crusaders, Shermans and M3 Stuarts. This post deal with one … Continue reading
Posted in East Rand, Memorials and Monuments, Military, Photo Essay, Retrospective, South Africa, World War 2
Tagged armour, Cosy Corner MOTH Shellhole, Derelict, East Rand, Honey, Springs, tank, War memorial, World War 2
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