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Driscoll's Scouts 10 months 21 hours ago #97713

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There is no attestation paper for him in Marshall's Horse unfortunately,
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Driscoll's Scouts 10 months 20 hours ago #97714

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Many Thanks, another piece of the jigsaw puzzle.
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Driscoll's Scouts 10 months 19 hours ago #97716

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Just picked up one to a F Jooste pages 48,49,50 are missing from the nominal role that covers the Letter J
Do you have anything on him
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Driscoll's Scouts 10 months 19 hours ago #97717

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Tim,

F J Jooste has a very unusual DrSc attestation paper

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Driscoll's Scouts 10 months 18 hours ago #97718

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Would I be wrong in saying that he was a boer?

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Driscoll's Scouts 10 months 18 hours ago #97719

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The roll does not suggest where the 10 months was served and records DrSc as his only service. This could therefore have been him re-attesting for DrSc but 10 months is an usual length of service before re-attesting.

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