18Aug Boer War – Albert Petrus Weeks (Africa) by douggieweeks Boer War, WW I Africa, WWI Albert Petrus Weeks 1874- 1943 Albert Petrus Weeks was born on 24 January 1874, in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, his father, William Weeks, was 41 and his mother, Martha Magdalena Maria Elizabeth Van Der Westhuizen, was 33. He married Johanna Alida Viljoen on 15 September 1897, in Wolmaransstad, Transvaal, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1900. He died on 10 June 1943, in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, at the age of 69, and was buried in Potchefstroom, Dr Kenneth Kaunda, North West, South Africa. Albert Petrus Weeks and signal team - Boer war Albert Petrus Weeks married to Alida (Viljoen) Weeks and 5th son of William & Martha MME (van der Westhuizen) Weeks. Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902– The Boer Wars were a number of conflicts between the British and Afrikaaners, Boers and South Africans. In 1875, Lord Carnarvon, the British Colonial Secretary, proposed a federation of the South African states. Initially, the Boers practiced passive resistance, but they revolted in December 1880. The British found themselves outmanoeuvred and surprised by the skilled Boer marksmen. On 23 March 1891, the British government signed a truce and the Boers were allowed to self-govern in the Transvaal. The Second Boer War broke out on 11 October 1899 when Britain rejected the Transvaal ultimatum. The records found in this collection include lists of South African and Boer prisoners of war from the Second Boer War. The war devastated the land and agrarian society in South Africa. The South African Republican and the Orange Free State were both ended and placed within the British Empire. The war ceased on 31 May 1902 with the Treaty of Vereniging. Go Back Albert Petrus Weeks and signal team - Boer war Back Row L-R Mensen, A Petrus Weeks, Seldeman, Rykaart and Scheffer - Front R Viljoen and De Beer -Signal team - Boer war
