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Tag Archives: Parktown
Johannesburg Gallery (3)
Continuing with our explorations in and around Johannesburg…. [ Page 1 ] [ Page 2 ] [ Page 4 ] [ Newtown ] Constitutional Hill [ Braamfontein ] © DRW 2007-2018. Created 09/06/2014
Posted in Heritage, Johannesburg, Personal, South Africa
Tagged Booysens, Braamfontein, Jeppe, Johannesburg, M1, Market Street, Newtown, Parktown
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The South African Scottish Memorial in Parktown
The memorial was designed by William Tait Conner, a Glasgow born architect who moved to Johannesburg in 1903. The sculptor was Arthur Taylor. It is said that the face of the soldier is modelled after Capt. Thomas Hesketh Ross … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Johannesburg, Scottish Regimental, South Africa, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Parktown, South African Scottish, St Andrews Road, The View, Transvaal Scottish, World War
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South African Heavy Artillery Memorial: Johannesburg
71st (Transvaal) Siege Battery: Johannesburg Zoo These photographs of the South African Heavy Artillery Memorial (71st (Transvaal) Seige Battery) at the Johannesburg Zoo were taken on 20 August 2011. Special thanks to Carl Hoehler for the information on where this … Continue reading
Posted in Heavy Artillery Memorial, Johannesburg, ROH, War Museum Johannesburg, World War 1
Tagged 6-inch 26-cwt howitzer, Johannesburg Zoo, Parktown, SAHA, SAHA Memorial, South African Heavy Artillery Memorial, UNion Buildings
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The HMSAS Parktown Memorial: Parktown
The memorial to HMSAS Parktown in Pieter Roos Park, was unveiled on 21 June 1992, 50 years after the sinking of the ship that bears the same name as the suburb Parktown. It was unveiled by Admiral L.J. Woodburne, Chief … Continue reading
Posted in Johannesburg, Military, ROH, South Africa, World War 2
Tagged HMSAS Parktown, minesweeper, Parktown, Pieter Roos Park, ship, South African Navy, Tobruk, World War 2
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