eGGSA Graves - Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape, ALIWAL-NORTH / MALETSWAI, Urban area / Eastern Cape, ALIWAL NORTH, Old cemetery (Orange River cemetery) / H - Vanne :: Surnames - H / (88 of 114 images)

HOEXTER Gustav 1856-1927 Practice medicine at Rouxville. Initially went on commando with the Boer during the ABO. Later appointed as senior camp doctor in the Aliwal-North Concentration camp. The death rate in the camp decreased dramatically due to the strict sanitary measures he imposed and enforcement of early immunisation against childhood diseases. The Aliwal-North camp was later considered as a model camp. In the process his own health suffered. The doctor and his family stayed in a 2 roomed house build out of stone on 7 Levy street. The house is still standing. Stone erected by the Aliwal Museum and unveiled by his grandson, Gustav HOEXTER, previous Appeal Judge.

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