Hello Selma I have just made contact with a lady that is a Defence Force researcher. If you want her contact details mail me off list at belinfante@telkomsa.net Lucky -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fay Lea via Sent: 28 May 2015 08:52 PM To: 'Selma Thomas'; south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] WW2 query about SA Defence Force soldiers secondedto the Royal Marines Hi Selma, Have you tried the Defence Force here? They are very helpful. Defence Force address Department of Defence Document Centre Private Bag X 289 Pretoria 0001. sandfdoc@mweb.co.za Kind regards Fay -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Selma Thomas via Sent: 28 May 2015 06:50 PM To: SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] WW2 query about SA Defence Force soldiers secondedto the Royal Marines Can anyone help, please? On 27 December 1943 there were 30 South African who were seconded to the Royal Marines at Eastney Barracks in Portsmouth. They had just completed a tour of duty in the Middle East/North Africa. My father in law was one of these men - we have a photograph of the group taken in front of the barracks and it includes a list of all their names. We have information up to and including D Day and we know that on 24th June he was recalled to the UK and joined 42 Commando. We know that he was sent to Burma and we are hoping that someone else has a father who was also seconded to 42 Commando of the Royal marines from the SA Defence Force and has more information to share about their movements. I will happily scan the photo and dropbox it for anyone else who has a father or uncle on the photo. Thanks, Selma ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus