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This is a photograph of the Klee brothers in uniform, taken sometime during the Boer War (1899-1902). From left: Louis, George and Victor Klee. They all survived the war and took up farming in the South Island of New Zealand. Victor later turned to a number of careers, including gold mining, where he met his wife, nicknamed Miss Gold. He, in turn, was Mr Silver.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
Date
circa 1901
Digitisation ID
2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_008484
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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slouch hat,
south africa,
south african war,
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