The Bourke Mercantile Boer Ambulance Camp, a field medical facility established during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). The camp was funded by contributions from the staff and customers of Bourke Mercantile, a company in Australia, and was specifically equipped to provide medical care for soldiers in South Africa. (Half-tone reproduction.)

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