
FROM ZARP TO TRAINWRECKER
FROM ZARP TO TRAIN WRECKER
Nico Moolman & Colouring Jennifer Bosch
Abstract
During the Anglo Boer War, the Transvaal Republic only had a small artillery force and a police force known by their anonym as the Zarps. Jack Hindon was sent to the field, and he later became a train wrecker of note during the Anglo Boer War.
Keywords
- Anglo Boer War
- Jack Hindon
- Train Wrecker
- Zarps
Jack Hindon as a member of the Transvaal Republic’s Police – the Zarps.

Out of uniform – he rose to the rank of Captain.

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