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OC Cape Command
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Can anyone help with completing the list of officers who commanded Cape No. 1 Military District (later Cape Command and briefly Cape Fortress)? Thanks! 1912-?? Lt-Col L Shadwell (Dist St Off, Cape Town) 1921-?? Brig WEC Tanner (OC No 1 Mil Dist) 1925-28 Col FG Harvey 1928-31 Col BD Bouwer 1931-33 ?? 1933 Maj P de Waal (actg) Dec 1933-1937 Col GE Brink (OC Cape Comd) 1937-3 July 1939 Col BF Armstrong ?? 8 Feb 1940-12 Dec 1940 Col CJ Venter ?? ?? May-Aug 1942 Brig WHE Poole (O/C Cape Fortress) ?? ?? |
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Hi Steven
This is the list as I have it. Military District No 1 1912-14 Lt-Col L Shadwell 1914-19 Lt Col G Nicholson 1919-20 Lt Col FS Dawson 1920-22 Lt Col T Blew 1922-25 Brig Gen WEC Tanner 1925-28 Col FG Harvey 1928-29 Col BC Judd 1929-31 Col BD Bouwer 1931-32 Lt Col HS Wakefield 1932-33 Maj P de Waal 1933-34 Col GE Brink Cape Command 1934-37 Col GE Brink 1937 Col KR van der Spuy 1937-39 Col BF Armstrong 1939 Lt Col H Celliers 1939-40 Brig Gen CJ Venter 1940-42 Brig Gen WEC Tanner Cape Fortress Command 1942 Brig WHE Poole 1942 Col AHK Jopp 1942-45 Brig CE Borain Cape Command 1946-47 Brig HG Willmot 1947-48 Brig M de Villiers 1948-50 Brig J Daniel 1950-55 Col L du Toit 1955-56 Col PS de Lange 1956-58 Col L Klootwyk 1958-59 Col N Nauhaus Western Province Command 1959-60 Col N Nauhaus 1960-61 Col PS Jacobs 1961 Col G Dunbar Moodie 1961-63 Col P van der Hoven 1963-66 Col P Ferguson 1966-69 Col P van der Hoven (again) 1969-72 Brig J Fourie 1972 Brig MA de M Malan 1973-74 Brig H Roos 1974-80 Brig L Robertson 1980-85 Brig SJ van der Spuy 1985-91 Brig Y de Bruin 1991-97 Maj Gen DP Lamprecht 1997-99 Maj Gen CH van Zyl 1999-'01 Col HS Gerber Interesting that three of them -- Van der Spuy, Venter and Willmot -- were SAAF officers. That was when SAAF was still part of the army, and did not yet have its own staff corps. From 1921 to 1926, there was a separate command, called the Cape Peninsula Garrison, which was commanded by Brig Gen Tanner (and possibly by Col Harvey after him). CPG was incorporated into MD No 1 in 1926.
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Many thanks for that! It's filled quite a few blanks.
I think Brig John Daniel was also SAAF or ex-SAAF |
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Many thanks for that! It's filled quite a few blanks.
I think Brig John Daniel was also SAAF or ex-SAAF |
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You may be right about Brig Daniel, Steven. His brother Brig Hector Daniel was SAAF.
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Regards Arthur |
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Hi Arthur,
Do you have the actual dates that COL AHK Jopp (or AH Keith-Jopp, his usage varied) was OC Cape Comd? Regards, Keith |
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Sorry, Keith, I don't.
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Regards Arthur |
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