VAN WARMELO – DIETLOF SIEGFRIED
| Born: 1872/08/04 Rank: Regiment: Z.A.R – DIFFERENT COMMANDO’S GPS: S26°29.725 E28°20.778 |
Reason for death: NATURAL CAUSES – OLD AGE Place of death: Date of death: 1966/08/10 Memorial: HEIDELBERG CEMETERY |
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VAN WARMELO, WHO WAS A BROTHER OF JOHANNA BRANDT, WAS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH NEAR LICHTENBURG IN 1901 AND WAS SHIPPED IN THE MANILA TO AHMEDNAGAR FORT IN INDIA. AFTER HOSTILITIES CEASED, HE WAS RETURNED TO SOUTH AFRICA IN 1904. WHILE IN CAPTIVITY HE WROTE NOTES ON HIS WAR EXPERIENCES. THE MANUSCRIPT WAS SMUGGLED TO HOLLAND , TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, AND PUBLISHED IN LONDON IN 1902. THE BOOK, WITH THE TITLE “ON COMMANDO” WAS REPRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY AD. DONKER IN 1977. IN A FOREWARD TO THIS BOOK, DIETLOF’S SON WROTE THAT DIETLOF WAS BURIED NEXT TO HIS FATHER IN HEIDELBERG. THE GRAVE IN THE PHOTO ADJACENT TO DIETLOF HAS NO HEADSTONE, AND THE IRON RAILINGS HAVE BEEN STOLEN SUBSEQUENT TO THE PHOTO HAVING BEEN TAKEN.
