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Date: 1903 Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°10'57.51" S 28°01'47.61" E Alt: 1719m

Transcription of Blue Plaque ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902 CENTENARY COMMEMORATIONS 24 SEYMOUR AVENUE Designed by Aburrow and Treeby in 1903, this house was first occupied by Aubrey St. John Cook of the Indian Army. He came to South Africa in January 1900 as Staff Office for Transport and was Secretary to the Military Compensation Commission. A fine soldier, he was mentioned in dispatches, and awarded the D.S.O. Captain Cook lived here while Director of Transport for the Repatriation Department, organising the return of soldiers to their homes. Parktown Westcliff Heritage Trust