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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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Completing the Cards
Followers of this blog may recall my post from 24 May 2012 “Reading the cards” At the time when I wrote it we were facing the seemingly mammoth task of trying to find record cards for as many South African … Continue reading
Posted in Border War, CWGC, Heritage, Military, Personal, Pretoria, Retrospective, South Africa, War, World War 1
Tagged CWGC, grave, Pretoria, Record cards, SADF, SAWGP, South Africa, World War 1
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The Air Force Museum
Due to an unplanned party, our usual Wednesday Pretoria trip took a detour, and one of the places I revisited was the South African Air Force Museum at Swartkops AFB. I had originally visited there in December 2008, and had … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, Collections and Museums, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Personal, Photowalks, Pretoria, Retrospective, Transportation, War, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Air Force, aircraft, Border War, Mirage, museum, Mustang, plane, SAAF, SAAF Museum, SADF, Shackleton, Zwartkops
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61 Mech AGM
It was August last year that I seem to have started this blog thang, and my fourth post dealt with the 2nd AGM of the 61 Mech veterans Association. I served with the unit from December 1980 till December 1981 … Continue reading
Posted in Border War, Johannesburg, Military, Personal, Retrospective, South Africa, War
Tagged 1SAI, 61 Mech, 61 Mechanised Battalion Group, Border War, Omuthiya, Ratel, SADF, War Museum
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