The South African
Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday evening of each month at 8-00pm (unless the 2nd Thursday is on a public holiday).
Meetings are held at:
S.A.Legion's Rosedale Complex
Lower Nursery Road
Off Alma Road
Rosebank
Cape Town
Contact:John Mahncke, (Vice-Chairman/Scribe), (021) 797 5167
A fee is charged for non-members.
| Lecture programme 2007 | |||
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| Date | Lecturer | Title | |
| 8th February | Lt Cdr Herb Farrow | THE NATIVE MILITARY CORPS AND THE SINKING OF THE SS MENDI on 21.2.1917 | |
| 8th March | Colonel Lionel Crook | THE FINAL BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN IN OCTOBER 1942 - continued from October 2006 | |
| 12th April | 1) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING | ||
| Achilles Kallos | 2) THE BALKAN WARS FROM 1821 to 1922 | ||
| 10th May | Colonel Lionel Crook | The final battle of El Alamein - October 1942 | |
| 14th June | Mr Colin Eglin | WAR IN ITALY - A Personal Experience | |
| 12th July | Mr Dennis Croukamp | BUSH WAR IN RHODESIA - Personal Reminiscences | |
| 16th August | Col Tom Seccombe CBE RM (Rtd) | INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION 1962 TO 1966 | |
| 13th September | Mr Rodney Warwick | THE RAND REVOLT 1922 | |
| Lecture programme 2006 | |||
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| Date | Lecturer | Title | |
| 19th January | Commander W.A. Mac Bisset | SOUTH AFRICAN AND BRITISH CAMPAIGN MEDALS FROM WW I AND WW II. | |
| 9th February | Jochen Mahncke | UNDER THREE FLAGS. A Prussian Officer's Career from 1909 to 1947. |
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| 9th March | Bishop Reginald Cawcutt MMM | My years as Naval Chaplain in Simon's Town and my service to the Army National Servicemen at Youngsfield. | |
| 13th April | 1. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - PLEASE ATTEND | ||
| Brig-Gen R.S. "Dick" Lord | 2. RAF BOMBERS OVER GERMANY IN WW II | ||
| 11th May | Sgt. Richard Dollar, USMC Deputy Detachment Commander, Cape Town | THE US MARINE CORPS Organization and history, concentrating on WW II, Vietnam and Iraq. |
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| 8th June | Johan van den Berg | THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME - JULY 1916 In the footsteps of the South African Brigade 90 years on. |
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| 13th July | Simon Norton | THE LIFE AND CAREER OF MAJOR-GENERAL DAN PIENAAR. | |
| 10th Aug | Rodney C. Warwick, MA BA(Hons) HDE (UCT) | THREAT PERCEPTIONS AND STRATEGIES DURING THE 1960s and the SADF's Assessments and Responses. | |
| 14th Sept | Major Helmoed Roemer Heitman | AN UPDATE ON THE MILITARY/POLITICAL SITUATION ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. | |
| 12th Oct | Colonel Lionel Crook | THE FINAL BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN IN OCTOBER 1942 A Talk on the South African involvement. |
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| 9th Nov | Francois de Wet | TRAGEDY AT KUFRA An illustrated talk on the disappearance of three SAAF Blenheims in North Africa in 1942 in which his uncle, Major de Wet, was lost. |
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| December | . | In recess | |
| Lecture programme 2005 | |||
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| Date | Lecturer | Title | |
| 20th January | Johan van den Berg | OPERATION MARKET GARDEN - ARNHEM REMEMBERED | |
| 10th February | Brigadier General John A. Del Monte SM & Bar, MMM | THE CURRENT SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE FORCES AND THEIR FUTURE ROLE | |
| 10th March | Dr. Dan Sleigh | XENOPHON's MARCH OF THE TEN THOUSAND | |
| 14th April | 1) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING | ||
| Major Helmoed Römer-Heitman | 2) AN UPDATE ON THE MILITARY/POLITICAL SITUATION ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT | ||
| 12th May | Ms Nel | I was Churchill's Secretary, 1942-1945 | |
| 9th June | John E. Feitelberg M.I.M.M. | NAPOLEON IN EGYPT | |
| 14th July | Brig Gen R S "Dick" Lord | My Career in the SAAF | |
| 11th August | Dave McLennan | 1)THE ZONDERWATER PRISON - Italian POWs in South Africa during WW2 | |
| John Mahncke | 2) MORE U-BOAT ANECDOTES | ||
| 8th September | Col Ivan Bester | Namibia/Angola | |
| 13th October | Col Lionel Crook | The Fall of Tobruk, 1942. | |
| 10th November | Richard Benson | Die Franse Generaal (de Villebois-Mareuil) | |
| December | . | In recess | |
| Lecture programme 1999 | |||
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| Date | . | Lecturer | Title |
| December | . | . | In recess |
| 11th November | . | John Mahncke | German aircraft operations in the German colonies 1911-1915 |
| 14th October | . | Johan van den Berg | A tale of two skirmishes on 17 Sept 1901 1) Modderfontein 2) Blood River |
| 9th September | . | Peter Humphries | The Boer War at sea
1) The blockade of Lourenco Marques 2) The naval battles of the Boer War 3) The loss of HMS Sybil |
| 12th August | . | Frank Bullen | All the Queen's Men |
| 8th July | . | . | JOHAN v.d.BERG - Dockside Disasters
TONY GORDON - A letter after the Battle of Blouwberg 1806 + Bloemfontein Station Officers' register 1900 JOHN MAHNCKE - A POW in Egypt 1945/8 OR How to enjoy Egypt as an accidental Tourist free of charge WOODY NEL - Stories of People in the Anglo/Boer War P.W. SEARL - Boer Prisoners of St. Helena |
| 10th June | . | Stan Lambrick | Life and Times of General George Armstrong Custer |
| 13th May | . | Maj Helmoed Roemer-Heitman | Contemporary Subject to be advised |
| 8 Apr | . | Alan Mountain | 1)Annual General Meeting 2) The Sehkukhune War - 1879 |
| 11th Mar | . | Ken Gillings | Zibhebhu - Zululand's Master of Ambush |
| 11th Feb | . | Col. P Grobbelaar | The Commando System |
| Lecture programme | |||
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| Date | . | Lecturer | Title |
| 12 November 98 | . | Colin Rowe | The Battle of Waterloo - 1815 |
| 8 October 98 | . | Stan Lambrick | The role of the Navy in the American Civil War-Part II |
| 10 September 98 | . | Robin Richards | The Dolomite Front 1915-1916 |
| 13 August 98 | . | Maj Helmoed-Roemer Heitman | Illustrated overview of developments of SA air-to-ground weapons Strategic "Cooks" World Tour of current conflicts |
| 9 July 1988 | . | Cdr Gerry de Vries | Wingfield and its contribution to World War 2 |
| 11 June 98 | . | Garth Benneyworth | Driefontein and the Advance on Bloemfontein 10-13 March 1900 |
| 14 May 98 | . | Johan van den Berg | German Paratroops in Belgium and the Assault on Fortress Holland 1940 |
| 9 Apr 98 | . | Sqn Ldr P. Wells DSO | Annual General Meeting Experiences in WW2 |
| 12 Mar 98 | . | Angus McBride | The History of Military Illustrations |
| 19 Feb 98 | . | Cdr W.M. Bissett | South Africa's Coast Defences |
| 16 Jan 98 | . | Mr Stan Lambrick | The role of the Navy in the American Civil War (Part One: The coastal war.) |
| Dec 97 | . | . | In recess |
| 13 Nov 97 | . | W C Newton | The attack on Pearl Harbour 1941 |
| 9 October 97 | . | Col O Baker | Panel programme on S.A.Women's Services - WWII |
| 11th Sept 97 | . | Cdr. G de Vries | The Dutch Signal System and the Muzzle Loading Guns of the Western Cape |
| 14 August 97 | . | Mr K Gillings | The Bhambatha Rebellion:1906 |
| 10 July 97 | . | Maj H.R.Heitman | Angolan Campaign |
| 19 June 97 | . | Col O Baker | Panel programme on 2nd S.A. Anti Aircraft Regiment (1940 - 1942) |
| 8 May 97 | . | Cape Militaria Collector's Society | Display and discussion programme |
| 10 April 97 | AGM | . | Annual General Meeting |
| . | ML | Sqdn Ldr P Wells | Second World War experiences in Malta, Middle East and Italy |
| 13 March 97 | . | Garth Benneyworth | Two battles fought by Lt-Gen Lord Methuen in the Anglo-Boer War: Belmont, 23rd November 1899, Modder River 28th November 1899 |
| 13 Feb 97 | . | Cmd W E Bisset | The South African Navy |