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Yes it's not clear in that statement, bullet wounds are being talking of in the thigh and upper leg, they went to the hospital, the wounds were treated, they were sent back and had to come back the next day so I accept that the specific naming of "bullet wounds" must have been
2b	shrapnel /...
MEMBER OF COMMISSION	39	D J COETZEE
shrapnel otherwise the hospital wouldn't have sent them home Mr Chairman.