-
Recent Posts
- Quick Snow 24/01/2021
- Marco Polo. A personal glimpse 14/01/2021
- January Anime Roundup 10/01/2021
- 2020. The year that wasn’t 30/12/2020
- December Anime Roundup 27/12/2020
- The Christmas Waffle 24/12/2020
- The Musings Advent Calender 2020 21/12/2020
- Retrospective: South African Scottish Memorial in Brixton Cemetery 20/12/2020
- Retrospective: Uitenhage and Districts Boer War Memorial 20/12/2020
- Retrospective: Uitenhage Cenotaph 20/12/2020
- Retrospective: The Horse Memorial in Port Elizabeth 20/12/2020
- Retrospective: The Miner’s Monument, Johannesburg 16/12/2020
- Retrospectve: Settler’s Park Johannesburg 16/12/2020
- OTD: Attack on Pearl Harbour 07/12/2020
- A New Muttering 06/12/2020
- The Phoenix and the Four Elements 06/12/2020
- November Anime Roundup 29/11/2020
- Finding Doctor Watson 20/11/2020
- 11 November 11/11/2020
- Salute the Cenotaph 06/11/2020
Most Viewed Posts
- Krugersdorp Concentration Camp Cemetery (2,760)
- The joy of Model Railways (2,251)
- Visiting Vic’s Viking Garage (2,228)
- Heidelberg Transport Museum (1,956)
- Johannesburg Park Station. A 2012 view. (1,807)
- Visiting Rebecca Street Cemetery: Pretoria (1,734)
- Voortrekker Memorial at Emma Park in Linden (1,618)
- Irene Concentration Camp (1,217)
- Let’s go by bus! (1,216)
- Triang Minic Ships (1,074)
- Heidelberg Concentration Camp Cemetery (934)
- Southampton Shipwatch 44: Britannia (924)
- Bad teeth no bar (761)
- Vereeniging Concentration Camp Cemetery (719)
- Modelling the Union-Castle Line (1) (718)
- The Old Roodepoort Cemetery (673)
- The End of Reefsteamers? (653)
- Graves at Hillfox. Weltevreden Park Cemetery (646)
- Graves in the Veld: Rietfontein Hospital. (640)
- Suideroord Concentration Camp Cemetery (618)
- The Banana Bridge (616)
- Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery (599)
- The Society of Friends Burial Ground, Southampton. (575)
- Hill Street Cemetery, Emmarentia (566)
- Nancy the Springbok Mascot (493)
Tag Archives: Border War
202 Battalion Memorial and Roll of Honour
34 Battalion was commonly known as the “Kavangoland Battalion” and it was established in 1975 as 1 Kavango Battalion to serve as a ceremonial guard of honour. It was then renamed 34 Battalion and again renamed 202 Battalion in 1980. … Continue reading
Posted in Border War, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Memorials and Monuments, Military, Photo Essay, Retrospective, Roll of Honour, South Africa, War Memorial
Tagged 202 Battalion, Border War, Kavango, Roll of Honour, Rundu, South West Africa
Comments Off on 202 Battalion Memorial and Roll of Honour
Return to West Park
My very first war grave photography for the South African War Graves Project happened in 2005 according to the file information that I got from the images that I took. It is hard to believe that so many years later … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, CWGC, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Johannesburg, Memorials and Monuments, Military, Retrospective, South Africa, War Grave, World War 1
Tagged Border War, CWGC, disaster, Police, SADF, War grave, Westdene Dam, Westpark Cemetery
Comments Off on Return to West Park