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Tag Archives: SADF
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
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Two comma four
On Sunday afternoon there was a post on Facebook about the dreaded “Two comma Four” that was used as the standard fitness test in the SADF waaaay back when I was a conscript in 1980/81. The cut off time was … Continue reading
Posted in Border War, Military, Personal, South Africa
Tagged Army, Fitness test, Infantry, National Service, run, SADF, Staaldak webbing en geweer, Two Comma Four
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