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Originally Posted by loupie1961
Not much, Lee, since as a matter of fact the poor guy sat in his Stalag in Austria from December 1941: there's a letter from the commander of C Squadron, IVth Arm. Car recce Rgt to the guy's wife, dated Durban, 19th May 1942, his application for campaign medals, his service records where he is stated as missing on November 24th 1941, and confirmed POW from December 5th 1941, released from the Stalag (presumably in early May), arrived in the UK on May 15th 1945 and discharged from the UDF on November 19th 1945. There is a postcard sent from Stamm-Lager XVIII a and a photograph on a SATC postcard where the guy is wearing KD and a black beret with a cap badge that appearently looks like the 2nd or 4th SA Infantry but I guess is really SATC.
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Very late response to this thread, but I was looking at the postcard and noticed something pretty significant. The design/drawing of the cap badge shows the slogan 'We Are' and 'Ons Is'. It also has a depiction of a springbok head at the top of the wreath. This is almost identical to the second pattern badge that was issued c.September 1941. Note the card is dated Christmas 1940, New Year 1941, so 9 months before badge was issued. It appears the design of the second pattern badge may be as a result of this drawing... very interesting