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Date: 1899 Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 27°45'26.86" S 29°55'53.75" E Alt: 1196m

Memorial in front of the Town Hall. Transcription of memorial plaque: THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION in Memory of THE UNDERMENTIONED MEMBERS OF THE NEWCASTLE MOUNTED RIFLES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE ZULU WAR 1879 VIZ;- CAPTAIN ROBERT BRADSTREET QR MASTR G.E. HITCHCOCK SERJEANT A. SWAN TROOPER W.H.T.W. BARNS H.H. DINKLEMANN G GREENBANK ALEXR MCALISTER [killed at Asaudbloana 22 Jan 1879] TROOPER A.E. DIXON [drowned in the Buffalo River]