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Forum: Air Force 18-02-23, 07:53 PM

Replies: 0 Looking for pictures of WWII era Zwartkop Air Station Views: 962 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Looking for pictures of WWII era Zwartkop Air Station Hello everyone, I've been trying to find WWII-era pictures, specifically 1940-1943, of Zwartkop Air Station for a while now. So far, I've only been able to find one. Does anyone here have any...

Forum: Air Force 19-01-23, 10:55 PM

Replies: 2 Question regarding SAAF service dress uniforms Views: 936 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Thank you very much Arthur! Thank you very much Arthur!

Forum: Air Force 18-01-23, 10:43 PM

Replies: 2 Question regarding SAAF service dress uniforms Views: 936 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Question regarding SAAF service dress uniforms Hello everyone, I was recently wondering if the ranks of Colonel to General (or Lieutenant-General as I've also read that the ranks went until Lt-Gen in WWII) had gorgets on their service dress...

Forum: Army 07-12-22, 10:42 PM

Replies: 1 Information needed about 4th South African Armoured Car Regiment Views: 978 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Information needed about 4th South African Armoured Car Regiment Hello everyone, I've recently been looking into the 4th South African Armoured Car Regiment during the second world war. One question I have is, when did they acquire the desert rats jerboa...

Forum: General Topics 10-10-22, 09:13 PM

Replies: 1 Looking for pictures of Gov-Gen. Sir Patrick Duncan Views: 598 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Looking for pictures of Gov-Gen. Sir Patrick Duncan Hello everyone, For quite a long time, I've been trying to find good pictures of Governor-General of South Africa Sir Patrick Duncan in full dress uniform. Unfortunately, there's only a handful of...

Forum: General Topics 10-10-22, 08:55 PM

Replies: 2 Looking for information on WWII Afrikaans-speaking regiments Views: 798 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Hello Madziro, Thank you for this. Hello Madziro, Thank you for this.

Forum: General Topics 25-09-22, 10:51 AM

Replies: 2 Looking for information on WWII Afrikaans-speaking regiments Views: 798 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Looking for information on WWII Afrikaans-speaking regiments Hello everyone, Maybe a silly question - not sure, but did regiments like Regiment Botha, Regiment President Steyn, Die Middellandse Regiment and such have their ranks, documents and orders (those...

Forum: General Topics 23-08-22, 07:11 PM

Replies: 2 Looking for WWII SA Engineer Corps order of battle Views: 656 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Yes, it most certainly is of use. Thank you very... Yes, it most certainly is of use. Thank you very much!

Forum: General Topics 19-08-22, 03:39 PM

Replies: 2 Looking for WWII SA Engineer Corps order of battle Views: 656 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Looking for WWII SA Engineer Corps order of battle Hello everyone, I was wondering if there was any documentation online about some sort of order of battle for the South African Engineer Corps from 1940 to 1945. Any help would be appreciated!

Forum: General Topics 03-07-22, 09:46 AM

Replies: 1 Looking for a picture of a WWII South African Warrant Officer 2nd Class wrist strap Views: 870 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Looking for a picture of a WWII South African Warrant Officer 2nd Class wrist strap Hello everyone, Much like the subject title suggests, I am looking for a picture of a WWII era South African Warrant Officer 2nd Class khaki wrist strap. So far I've managed to find a picture...

Forum: Air Force 11-04-22, 06:48 PM

Replies: 3 Looking for information about WWII SAAF squadron badges/insignias Views: 1,315 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Looking for information about WWII SAAF squadron badges/insignias Hello everyone, Were there any SAAF fighter/fighter-bomber squadrons in WWII that had their own badge or insignia? So far, I've only managed to find about 1-2. Any help is appreciated!

Forum: Air Force 10-04-22, 09:34 PM

Replies: 2 Looking for information about SAAF ranks in WWII Views: 922 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Hello Arthur, Thank you very much for this! Hello Arthur, Thank you very much for this!

Forum: Air Force 09-04-22, 11:09 AM

Replies: 2 Looking for information about SAAF ranks in WWII Views: 922 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Looking for information about SAAF ranks in WWII Hello everyone, I am looking for a list of all the ranks that were used by the South African Air Force in the second world war and, if possible, also a chart of the insignias. Any help would be...

Forum: Photographs of South African Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 17-03-22, 01:45 PM

Replies: 2 Looking for WWII era pictures of the Pretoria Highlanders Views: 1,425 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Looking for WWII era pictures of the Pretoria Highlanders Hello everyone, Are there any pictures available online of the Pretoria Highlanders? It seems to me that there isn't much information available on this regiment, so I decided to ask here instead.

Forum: General Topics 01-03-22, 08:51 PM

Replies: 0 Did the Union Defence Force have any sort of flag from the 1939-1945 period? Views: 841 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Did the Union Defence Force have any sort of flag from the 1939-1945 period? Hello everyone, I was recently wondering if the Union Defence Force had any sort of flag/ensign during the WWII period. If I'm not mistaken, they did adopt one in 1947. Any help would be...

Forum: Photographs of South African Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 17-02-22, 01:37 PM

Replies: 3 Looking for pictures of South African troops in Madagascar 1942 Views: 1,347 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Hello Brian, I do intend on buying the... Hello Brian, I do intend on buying the official history of the First City regiment some day or another, but until then, it would be delightful if you could talk to a military researcher for me.

Forum: General Topics 16-02-22, 03:56 PM

Replies: 4 Help needed with Indian and Malay Corps insignia Views: 824 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Help needed with Indian and Malay Corps insignia Hello everyone, I recently was sent a picture of two Indian and Malay Corps soldiers, one a Corporal, the other a Sergeant. The Corporal happened to be wearing metal shoulder titles, with the...

Forum: Photographs of South African Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 10-02-22, 10:43 PM

Replies: 3 Looking for pictures of South African troops in Madagascar 1942 Views: 1,347 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Looking for pictures of South African troops in Madagascar 1942 Hello everyone, I am looking for pictures of South African soldiers (officers too) taken during the Battle of Madagascar 1942. I've managed to find maybe four, but no more than that.

Forum: Army 03-02-22, 03:48 PM

Replies: 19 Unusual South African Irish Regiment Views: 3,746 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Greetings irishhorse, Thank you for... Greetings irishhorse, Thank you for confirming my suspicion. Perhaps a stupid question, but was the peaked cap with regimental badge standard issue for all officers of the Union Defence Force?

Forum: Army 03-02-22, 12:01 PM

Replies: 19 Unusual South African Irish Regiment Views: 3,746 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Did officers of the South African Irish Regiment... Did officers of the South African Irish Regiment have a different caubeen? From certain pictures I've seen it appears that their caubeen is green with a different type of badge, as opposed to the...

Forum: Army 31-01-22, 10:41 PM

Replies: 5 Looking for pictures of WWII era SA Irish shoulder title Views: 898 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 That is most likely correct. However, I am... That is most likely correct. However, I am talking about WWII in this case.

Forum: Army 31-01-22, 10:40 PM

Replies: 5 Looking for pictures of WWII era SA Irish shoulder title Views: 898 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Hello John, Thank you for this. It helped me... Hello John, Thank you for this. It helped me quite a bit.

Forum: Photographs of South African Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 29-01-22, 12:46 PM

Replies: 6 Help needed with identifying officer Views: 1,658 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Hello Brian, I decided to take a look in the... Hello Brian, I decided to take a look in the book 'The war of a hundred days' by James Brown, in which it describes the officer on the far right as being a Major H. Greenwood of an artillery unit....

Forum: Army 29-01-22, 12:43 PM

Replies: 5 Looking for pictures of WWII era SA Irish shoulder title Views: 898 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Looking for pictures of WWII era SA Irish shoulder title Hello everyone, I am looking for pictures of a WWII era South African Irish Regiment shoulder title. Ontop of that, I would also need to know what colour it is. Many thanks in advance.

Forum: Photographs of South African Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 22-01-22, 09:07 PM

Replies: 6 Help needed with identifying officer Views: 1,658 Posted By GatinhoDeGato123 Help needed with identifying officer Hello everyone, I recently came across this picture of a group of South African officers in East Africa, around 1941 presumably. Does anybody know who the officer on the far right is? To...

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