Mendi Memorial Cape Town
Photo: Gavin Withers
Location
Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Cecil Road, Rosebank
On the University of Cape Town Lower Campus at the southern entrance to the Kopano Astroturf
GPS: 33 deg 57 min 15.88 sec S, 18 deg 28 min 56 sec E
Photo: Gavin Withers
Significance
The Memorial commemorates the members of the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) who lost their lives when the SS Mendi sank off the Isle of Wight after a collision on 21 February 1917.
The memorial is on the site of the former Rosebank Camp, where the SANLC was billeted before embarking from Cape Town harbour on 16 January 1917.
Photo: Gavin Withers
Photo: Gavin Withers
Further reading
The sinking of the SS Mendi, 21 February 1917 by G Swinney
Clean-up of the SS Mendi Memorial Avalon Cemetery