An item dated London 8/12 August reported that the transport bringing the colonial troops from South Africa homewards were so overcrowded that this caused a large number of deaths.(1) Such a large number that the cabinets of Australia and New Zealand appointed a commission to investigate how this had been possible. Also in London was the cabinet upset and appointed a royal commission of investigation.
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1. These troops served during the Second Boer War (11 October 1899-31 May 1902) between the British Empire and the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic) and the Orange Free State.
