Hello fellow Rootschatters,
I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction after spending weeks going round in circles!
I'm trying to find out about my grandfather's WW2 military career. Hilary Max Torry was born in 1912 in Cheshire, UK but was living in South Africa when war broke out.
We believe he initially joined the Transvaal Scottish (we have a photo of him wearing their uniform), but later joined the Medical Corps (again, we have a photograph of him wearing a uniform with the Medical Corps lapel badges.) Family lore is he went to North Africa and Italy, and at some point towards the end of the war he was involved in a convalescent hospital in Brighton before returning to South Africa. We would love to be able to find out more than what we know from a couple of photo's and some verbal recollections.
Does anyone know where to try and get details of his Military Records? As he served in SA I'm assuming I need South African records. I've tried the South African Defence Force Archive email (mentioned in posts here and on other sites) but my email just gets pinged back. I've used search engines but am going round in circles and still can't find anything.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Tamar
