August Hammar – Government Surveyor, 1890-1915
Contents 1 Swedish Oskarsberg Mission 2 Soldier 3 Surveyor 4 Adventurer 5 Artist Swedish Oskarsberg Mission Augustus Hammar, a 22-year-old newly qualified civil engineer from Sweden, arrived in Durban in January 1879. Not being able to afford the post cart fare to the Transvaal, he set out on foot to the Swedish Church Mission at … Read more