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Tag Archives: SAWGP
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 Police Memorial
Following my the wreath laying ceremony at the VTM I went and did a spot of gravehunting at Rebecca Street Cemetery in Pretoria before heading to the Union Buildings to photograph the SAHA Memorial and take a closer look at … Continue reading
Posted in Border War, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Memorials and Monuments, Personal, Photowalks, Pretoria, Retrospective, South Africa, War
Tagged Border War, Casualty, Memorial, Police, Police Memorial, Pretoria, SAP, SAWGP, Union Buildings
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Reading the Cards
One of the biggest problems that The South African War Graves Project has with the Roll of Honour for South Africa, are inaccuracies and omissions. Given that there was a war on, and given the authorities tendency to overlook portions of … Continue reading
Posted in CWGC, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Military, Personal, Retrospective, South Africa, War, World War 1
Tagged CWGC, Delville Wood, military records, Pretoria, SAWGP, South African War Graves Project, World War
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My first cemetery
It is possible that somebody will ask the question: “Where did you first start out taking photos of military graves?” and I would have to answer “West Park Cemetery in Johannesburg” As for the date? that is a difficult one … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, CWGC, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Johannesburg, Personal, Photowalks, Retrospective, South Africa, War, War Grave, War Memorial, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged CWGC, graves, Johannesburg, SADF, SAWGP, West Park Cemetery, World War
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