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From: "Ian Carruthers" <>
Subject: [ZA-EC] PADDOCK George & Charlie
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:12:27 +0200
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Some PADDOCK notes by Jack Carruthers, not sure what I have sent and not
sent anymore, please excuse me for not highlighting the names not currently
being discussed:

1893 - Somerset East Trek



"On meeting Mr Rhodes at Kimberley January 1893, at his expressed wish I
organised the Somerset East trek Party consisting of thirty seven people
under special conditions, free Grants of Farm Land. The advance party I
brought with me from Vereeniging via the rail terminus, we journeyed up
through the Transvaal around May. My party consisted of: My brother Robert
'Bob' Carruthers who was known as the baby of the Column, Edwin 'Dick'
Bradfield (later to become my brother in law), F H and Charlie PADDOCK, J R,
A G and J P Cumming, Tom Joseph Lynch, Walter Edward Parkin, G H Balshaw,
John and Titus O'Connor, Forrester Rorke, R Godfrey, Herbert Leppan, Alvan
Stock, Henry Leonard, John Plover, Charles Benist, Hans Rentz, R Godfrey,
John Pillens, John Hughes, Ronald Stewart, T C and M A Botha, Maurice
Connor, Alfred Webb, Jan Botha with Charlie, Walter, Reginald, James, Reuben
and H J Hiscock and their friend J Theodore Caspareuthers who shared their
wagon. We were delayed in Pretoria owing to the issue of Permits and
Passports, here Major Eyre and Richard Davies joined us. At Pietersburg we
had to replenish our supplies and buy fresh cattle as our donkeys gave in.
>From this point we took the old Hunter's road to the Maxebba drift."




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"Sir Walter CURRIE retired shortly after the death of Lady CURRIE when the
formation took place of the noted F.A.M.P. which did such good work along
the frontier of the colony. Eventually the force merged in to the Cape
mounted rifles. A few years back I saw buried at Sinoia one of the same
Currie's police, George PADDOCK, natures gentleman. There are still a few of
the F.A.M.P. living in Rhodesia, Captain Sam Lewis a noted old frontiers man
Mr LOCK, fit and hearty he also served in the Cape Mounted Rifles when we
Yeomanry went to their relief at Mafeteng, Basutoland. I was present at the
battle of the Kalabani when the Grahamstown 1st Yeomanry were killed. I also
assisted Fred BROOKS back to camp the day Sergeant WOOD and the men of the
Grahamstown 1st City met there fate at Lerothodi's village."



The sands of time are flying



Yes the sands of time are flying

and gathers round each, far to soon

our days sublime are dying

and only a little mound or dome

for the sands of time are flying.



Yes the sands of time are flying

a few more years to call our own

then where kinder winds are sighing

we go to share the great unknown

yes the sands of time are flying.



* * * * *

George Paddock an old face of the past makes me think, and I shall never
forget old George, trying to rise in bed and murmuring out: "Wait for me, I
want to go with you." I did not think it was the last time we should see
each other. Very strange all my dreams of late have been connected to dead
friends.



J.C. 14-5-1918 Silverside camp









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