South African Military History Society

Dynamite Factory War Memorial


Photo: Derek Walker

Location
Modderfontein Village, Kempton Park District, Gauteng Province, South Africa
On the traffic island at the intersection of Casino Avenue, McGowan Avenue and Harley Street, opposite Regus Business Centre

GPS: 26 deg 5 min 50.25 sec S, 28 deg 9 min 55.59 sec E


Photo: Derek Walker


Photo: Derek Walker

The plaques on the Memorial are inscribed:

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN EXPLOSIVES
COMPANY LIMITED

ROLL OF HONOUR

EMPLOYEES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE FIRST GREAT WAR
1914-1918

D.   DUFFY
E.W. GIBSON
P.H. HARRIS
D.   TAYLOR
F.H. BARNES
T.A.C. McGARR
F.W. SALISBURY


Photo: Derek Walker 

AFRICAN EXPLOSIVES AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
LIMITED

ROLL OF HONOUR

EMPLOYEES OF MODDERFONTGEIN FACTORY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-1945

DENIS JAMES WILLIAM COMPTON
JAN DIEDRICH        DE JONGH
ALFRED MARMADUKE    FISHER
NORMAN CHARLES      LEWIS
GORDON FREDERICK    MILLS
CLARENCE MELVILLE   MORRIS
PERCIVAL ALEXANDER  MORTIMER
ANTONY             TEERINK
LAMBERTIS           VAN BREUGEL

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