Zimbabwe, MATABELELAND SOUTH, District unknown, Fort Rixon, Pongo Monument

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Zimbabwe, MATABELELAND SOUTH, District unknown, Fort Rixon, Pongo Monument

Cemetery information:-
This memorial commemorates a number of the settlers who were killed in the 1896 Matebele uprising in the Shangani Area.
We used an additional source for some of the illegible names:
http://zimfieldguide.com/matabeleland-south/pongo-memorial-matabele-uprising-or-first-umvukele-1896

Album complete.

eGGSA captions by: Riana le Roux

Additional information available on the GGSA Cemetery DVD:-
Cemetery ID: 1635
Number of names: 44

Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:-
GPSID: 1750
GPS: -19 44.737, 29 24.619

Date: 18 Aug 2018

Contributed by: eGGSA

Size: 8 items (10 items total)

1. Road leading to Shangani River bridge

Date: 02 Jun 2018

Contributed by: Stan Close

2. Entrance gate to monument

Date: 02 Jun 2018

Contributed by: Stan Close

3. Pongo Monument

Date: 02 Jun 2018

Contributed by: Stan Close

4. Inscription_01

See list of names

Date: 02 Jun 2018

Contributed by: Stan Close

5. Inscription_02

See list of names

Date: 02 Jun 2018

Contributed by: Stan Close

6. Inscription_03

See list of names

Date: 02 Jun 2018

Contributed by: Stan Close

7. Inscription_04

See list of names

Date: 02 Jun 2018

Contributed by: Stan Close

HULL Caeser Barrand -1940

Memorial - see notes

Date: 30 Aug 2018

Size: 2 items

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