15 APRIL 1902 - O’OKIEP

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Extract from Mentions from Col H Cooper, O’okiep to Lt Gen Sir J French, 6 June 1902:

 
Engine Driver F. Gee, Conductor Treland, Stoker Olvisson and Assistant Conductor Van Wyk all deserve great credit for their pluck in taking a train up the line from Anenous to Brakputs near Klipfontein on the night of 15th April in order to bring down the men of the D.E.O.V.R. who were in a position from which they could not be removed during daylight due to the enemy's fire. H Cooper Col. Comd. N.F.F. O'okiep 4 June 1902.