After arriving too late for the succinct war in Sudan, Australia finally had a chance to prove themselves on the plains of South Africa in the Boer War. Soon enough, our naivety was stripped away in this 3-year war, which gave way to a conflict none of us could have foreseen. Disease claimed half of the casualties.
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