Author: Cameron Kinnear

Not for Ourselves, but for Others

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Bob Kershaw – a South African war hero

Lieutenant Robert Harold Carlisle Kershaw DSO, DFC became the first South African pilot to be made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in WW2, Lt Bob Kershaw earned…
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Sir Quintin Brand KBE, DSO, MC, DFC – World War 1

    Brand was born in Beaconsfield (now part of Kimberley, Northern Cape) in South Africa to a CID Inspector in the Johannesburg police. He joined the South African Defence…
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Rommel inspects South African and British POW’s after Tobruk falls

Collated by Peter Dickens Fascinating and uncommon photo of victorious German troops ba gging South African prisoners.  Here the German Afrika Korps Commander  – Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seen…
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