Commandant in the Boer army during the Second Boer War. Though his first name is never mentioned, he is remembered in Deneys Reitz's 'Commando: A Boer Journal of the Anglo-Boer War.'
In it, he states:
'Gravett was of English extraction, a fine big man, greatly liked and trusted by all. He was killed a month or two later, and I was with him when he died.'
Later in the war, probably in mid 1900, Deneys and his brothers made a trek to the Warm Baths, of which he wrote:
'On the third day of our journey we had a mournful encounter. We came on Commandant Gravett dying of wounds in the bush. He had been hit by a shell ten days before and his men had brought hi here to prevent his falling into the hands of the British. He knew his end was approaching, but he bore his sufferings without complaint, and spoke of his coming death with resignation. He called us to him a few minutes before the end to tell us of his friendship with my father in former days, and a little while after he lapsed into unconsciousness from which he never recovered. We helped to bury him under a tree and rode saddened on our way.'
Though the date nor location is written down, Deneys does confirm what happened to Commandant Gravett, and he was buried near where he fell.
In it, he states:
'Gravett was of English extraction, a fine big man, greatly liked and trusted by all. He was killed a month or two later, and I was with him when he died.'
Later in the war, probably in mid 1900, Deneys and his brothers made a trek to the Warm Baths, of which he wrote:
'On the third day of our journey we had a mournful encounter. We came on Commandant Gravett dying of wounds in the bush. He had been hit by a shell ten days before and his men had brought hi here to prevent his falling into the hands of the British. He knew his end was approaching, but he bore his sufferings without complaint, and spoke of his coming death with resignation. He called us to him a few minutes before the end to tell us of his friendship with my father in former days, and a little while after he lapsed into unconsciousness from which he never recovered. We helped to bury him under a tree and rode saddened on our way.'
Though the date nor location is written down, Deneys does confirm what happened to Commandant Gravett, and he was buried near where he fell.
Commandant in the Boer army during the Second Boer War. Though his first name is never mentioned, he is remembered in Deneys Reitz's 'Commando: A Boer Journal of the Anglo-Boer War.'
In it, he states:
'Gravett was of English extraction, a fine big man, greatly liked and trusted by all. He was killed a month or two later, and I was with him when he died.'
Later in the war, probably in mid 1900, Deneys and his brothers made a trek to the Warm Baths, of which he wrote:
'On the third day of our journey we had a mournful encounter. We came on Commandant Gravett dying of wounds in the bush. He had been hit by a shell ten days before and his men had brought hi here to prevent his falling into the hands of the British. He knew his end was approaching, but he bore his sufferings without complaint, and spoke of his coming death with resignation. He called us to him a few minutes before the end to tell us of his friendship with my father in former days, and a little while after he lapsed into unconsciousness from which he never recovered. We helped to bury him under a tree and rode saddened on our way.'
Though the date nor location is written down, Deneys does confirm what happened to Commandant Gravett, and he was buried near where he fell.
In it, he states:
'Gravett was of English extraction, a fine big man, greatly liked and trusted by all. He was killed a month or two later, and I was with him when he died.'
Later in the war, probably in mid 1900, Deneys and his brothers made a trek to the Warm Baths, of which he wrote:
'On the third day of our journey we had a mournful encounter. We came on Commandant Gravett dying of wounds in the bush. He had been hit by a shell ten days before and his men had brought hi here to prevent his falling into the hands of the British. He knew his end was approaching, but he bore his sufferings without complaint, and spoke of his coming death with resignation. He called us to him a few minutes before the end to tell us of his friendship with my father in former days, and a little while after he lapsed into unconsciousness from which he never recovered. We helped to bury him under a tree and rode saddened on our way.'
Though the date nor location is written down, Deneys does confirm what happened to Commandant Gravett, and he was buried near where he fell.
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