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Soldiers beside a train (Boer prisoners of war, possible). Ceylon Government Railway, Colombo or Diyatalawa (possible).
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Soldiers beside a train (Boer prisoners of war, possible)

Ceylon Government Railway, Colombo or Diyatalawa (possible)
c. 1900–1902

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