• General Notes

  Alfred's early military career was spent in India and Singapore (1887-98).  He returned to England with Malaria in March 1898 and did not deploy to South Africa until October 1899. Met Annie in Bloefontein while commanding the Raadsaal Military Hospital, Bloemfontein.  Although they married as you say on 11 Oct 1902, their first child, Vera Buckley Hinde was born on 23 Jul 1902, a couple of months before they married, according to Vera's Death Notice. Alfred and Annie went to India after the Boer war ended where their second child Sydney was born (10 Dec 1903).  They returned to England in 1904 where the third child Archibald was born (24 Sep 1905).  In Oct 1905 Alfred was sent back to South Africa and left the Army there on 7 Aug 1907.  District Surgeon of Carolina and later of De Lagersdrift.

Details of Alfred's family with Annie Jacoba McCallum