Image: Monuments to Captain Surgeon Arthur Martin-Leake, VC and Bar, and to Kommandant Claassen Croix de Guerre

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Description: Monuments to two contemporary military men, erected at Syferfontein, the former farm of Commandant G. M. Claassen (1872-1951), located near Val in western Mpumalanga, South Africa. These commemorate two outstanding individuals of the Second Boer War, namely: a) Captain Surgeon Martin-Leake (1874-1953), one of only a few soldiers to receive two VC's during his lifetime, his first at the Battle of Van Tondershoek, and the second during WWl, b) Commandant Claassen of the Standerton commando, who earned a Croix de Guerre during WWl.
Title: Monuments to Captain Surgeon Arthur Martin-Leake, VC and Bar, and to Kommandant Claassen Croix de Guerre
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