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NEWSLETTER - JANUARY 2020
The Johannesburg meeting in December took the form of a DVD so there is no write-up
summarising the lecture. Thanks are due to Col James Jacobs for his skilful introduction,
the topic having been The desert war in North Africa in WWII.
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The details which follow are given in good faith but members must note that sometimes the
advertised lectures cannot be delivered on the days stated.
FORTHCOMING LECTURES
CR = curtain raiser ML = main lecture
DDH = Darrell Dickon Hall Memorial lecture MS = member's slot
JOHANNESBURG:
Lectures are held in the JC Lemmer Auditorium of the Ditsong Museum of Military History, next to the Zoo
starting at 8pm.
Parking is secure. Tea/Coffee & biscuits are served afterwards at R10/member.
Visitors fee R30.00 per person.
Thursday 16th January 2020 (NB THIRD Thursday)
- CR: Jan-Willem Hoorweg:
"Unravelling the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley - my recent visit to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center"
- ML: Errol Cunningham:
"Operation Ironclad: The Invasion of Vichy Madagascar 1942"
Thursday 13th February (Back to second Thursdays)
- CR: Karen Horn:
"Frances and Betty go to war: 1914-1918"
- ML: John Myburgh:
"The Rise to Power of Adolf Hitler and Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
Thursday 12th March
- CR: Hamish Patterson:
"Mindn - 1 August 1759 - 3 lines of cavalry tumbled in ruin"
- ML: Nick Cowley:
another musical sing-along, this time "Songs of the Boer War era"
Thursday 9th April
- CR: As usual this will be replaced by the Annual General Meeting
- ML: Robin Smith:
"Practically Over - Lord Roberts leaves South Africa"
KZN in Durban:
Thursday 16th January 2020
- DDH Prof. Phil Everitt
Video Clips showing the critical conditions in Britain between WW1 and WW2
- ML Prof. Phil Everitt
Illustrated summary of the "Phony War" to the "Fall of France" from contemporary sources
Thursday 6th February
- DDH Roy Bowman
"The Angels of Mons"
- ML: Robin Smith
"Spionkop - the key to Ladysmith"
CAPE TOWN:
Thursday 16th January 2020
Ian van Oordt
"The Terror Weapons of the 18th Century and Napoleonic War"
SAMHSEC in Port Elizabeth:
Monday 13th January 2020
at 19h30 at the EP Veteran Car Club Cunningham Road
- MS: Malcolm Kinghorn
"Old Grey C.H.Gronou's grave in Luderitz"
- CR: Mac Alexander
"Bisley Competitive Shooting"
- ML: Malcolm Kinghorn
"Use of Force and US Constitutional Law"
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Branch contact details
For Cape Town details contact Carl Burger 082 333 2706 c.burger@bissets.com
For Eastern Cape details contact Malcolm Kinghorn 041-373-4469 culturev@lantic.net
For Gauteng details contact Joan Marsh 010-237-0676 joan@rfidradar.com
For KwaZulu-Natal details contact Roy Bowman 031 564 4669 bowman.roy93@gmail.com
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