BECHUANALAND POLICE; CAPE POLICE and SA POLICE 1904 – 1935: Policing the Northwest and the Kalahari Dr HA Abbott
Adolphus Cookney Mander (ACM) posing with a camel in front of the Rietfontein (Mier) Police Station This Special Edition of the Nongqai is based on the scanned but unpublished photo albums from two sources namely an album of Adolphus Cookney Mander (b. 1871 - d 1933) and an album of Lt. Col. W.H.C. Taylor that covers a series of inspection tours from Vryburg to the Kalahari from 1933 to 1935 Album of AC Mander A scanned version of the Mander album was mailed to me by Brian Cooper in 2006.
Information about the life of AC Mander were onbtained from this link: https://www.geni.com/people/ AdolphusMander/6000000096980330293 Entry in Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, Register:Mander, Adolphus Cookney. b. 13 Oct., 1871. (Girdlestoneites); Left L.Q., 1888: - Joined Bechuanaland Police, 1892; transferred to Cape Po-
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lice; served in Matabele War, 1896-'97 ; in South African War, 1899-1902. A. C. Mander, Esq., 21, Carlton Road, Putney, S.W. The OC co-ordinator at the school has been very quick and helpful. Adolphus was in a house called Girdlestoneites, also known as Duckites and represented by a small "g" in school literature. Adolphus Cookney Mander entered Duckites in OQ1887 aged (Vervolg op bladsy 6)
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