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Military Cemetery at Diyatalawa

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Location	:	Badulla District, Sri Lanka
Description	:	"There are 133 Boer prisoners buried in this cemetery, viz., 118 Free Staters, 11 Transvaalers, 3 from the Cape Colony, and 1 German. ... With the exception of three which have marble tombstones, all the graves are marked by wooden crosses or boards, giving the name, place of birth, and date of death of the deceased, and a reference to a text of Scripture" -- J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.: List of Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon of Historical or Local Interest with an Obituary of Persons Uncommemorated, Colombo: H. C. Cottle, Government Printer, 1913, p.... Read More	"There are 133 Boer prisoners buried in this cemetery, viz., 118 Free Staters, 11 Transvaalers, 3 from the Cape Colony, and 1 German. ... With the exception of three which have marble tombstones, all the graves are marked by wooden crosses or boards, giving the name, place of birth, and date of death of the deceased, and a reference to a text of Scripture" -- J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.: List of Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon of Historical or Local Interest with an Obituary of Persons Uncommemorated, Colombo: H. C. Cottle, Government Printer, 1913, p. 294. Diyatalawa was a garrison town in Badulla District, Uva Province.

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