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Re: My Great Grandfather Jack McNamara and unknown family Member(Uniforms ?).
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 05 November 16 23:16 GMT (UK) »
Has South Africa   got  an Armed Forces Archives section from WW2?
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Re: My Great Grandfather Jack McNamara and unknown family Member(Uniforms ?).
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 06 November 16 00:24 GMT (UK) »
CWGC says this
Any request for information on South African Military Personnel from 1910 up to the present day should be addressed to:

 Department of Defence Command & Management
 Information Systems Division
 Documentation Centre
 Private Bag X289
 PRETORIA 0001
 SOUTH AFRICA

 Tel:  (27) 12 339 4611 Fax:  (27) 12 339 4631
 E-mail:  sandfdoc@mweb.co.za

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Re: My Great Grandfather Jack McNamara and unknown family Member(Uniforms ?).
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 06 November 16 10:12 GMT (UK) »
Here is a little snippet from one of my Middle East WW2 books:

"the South African armoured car regiments had been withdrawn after the battle of Alamein, but in April 1944 the newly raised 6th SA Armoured Division arrived in Italy to rejoin British 8th Army."
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Re: My Great Grandfather Jack McNamara and unknown family Member(Uniforms ?).
« Reply #12 on: Monday 14 November 16 12:12 GMT (UK) »
You can get a private researcher to get the military info on your relatives. Go to https://www.facebook.com/levarko/posts/574295472601597
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