UPDATED: 12/09/2023 12 September 1944, Lt Lafase Moolman dies after his Oxford aeroplane crashes during night training at 21 Air Flying School. 12 September 1949, Claude Benette kills Frederick Scholtz opposite the West End cemetery. 12 September 1949, HP (Percy) ...
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UPDATED: 01/09/2023 1 September 1877, Jan Hoogstander murdered by William Danster near Barkly West. 1 September 1892, Savoy Hotel on Boshof Road opens for business. 1 September 1918, DBCM Director and Chairman Francis Oats dies. 1 September 1920, F Walter Jameson ...
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UPDATED: 12/01/2023 12 January 1915, The South African military move in strength into German SWA. The forces include the Kimberley Regiment. The military Post offices in South Africa 1914 By the end of the Boer Rebellion, generally dated in January ...
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DID YOU KNOW The use of aircraft in warfare came of age in the Great War, the intrepid flyers of both the Allies and the Germans becoming instant media and public heroes with many individuals receiving the highest gallantry decorations ...
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