The document is confusing, because the second block, and the rubber stamps at the bottom, refer to the Special Service Company of the RDLI, but the third block clearly states that he was discharged from the Special Service Battalion, to approved employment, and was transferred to the SA Police reserve.
That would not have been the case if he had been an ordinary ACF member of the RDLI. He would have been placed on the CF Reserve, and his employment would not have been anything to do with the defence force.
Nor does his service number look like an ACF number. They normally had a letter of the alphabet in front.
The original SSB had detached companies in various cities. Might their Durban company have been attached to the RDLI?
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Arthur
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