One can get a copy of the service record of anyone who served in the SA forces. They are not the fastsest when it comes to a reply but eventually you will get all they have in their records on a particular serviceman. I even got the pay records of my dad however I also got the records of another servicman with the same surname mixed in with it so I suspect that some of the older records may have got a bit mixed up in the various moves the documentation made when it was consolidated in Pretoria. I sent them and e-mail and they replied asking for a postal address so if you include it with your initial requsts it may save some time Below is the intro found on the website. It looks as if it is only the airforce but in fact the info is for all service arms. The website is http://www.saairforce.co.za/contact Neville Rasmussen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How to Obtain a Personnel Record: Records of all South African servicemen in the Army, Navy and Air Force are held in the SANDF archives. Copies of service records can be acquired if application is made in writing. Records cannot be sent electronically and therefore a fax number or postal address must be included in the request. SANDF Documentation Service Directorate (Personnel Division) The Senior Staff Officer Documentation Centre Private Bag X289 Pretoria 0001 South Africa E-mail: sandfdoc@mweb.co.za Telephone: +27 12 339 4600 Fax: +27 12 339 4631 The approximately 3 million personnel records in the Department of Defence Archives are indexed according to a specific convention. You are therefore requested to provide the Documentation Centre with as much detail as possible regarding the person you are seeking information on. The following are guidelines: a.. a. Regimental number a.. b. Identity number or date of birth a.. c. Place of birth a.. d. Date of assumption of military service a.. e. Date of discharge from military service a.. f. Regiment/unit where the person served a.. g. Name and address of next-of-kin at the time of his attestation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Tombi - or anyone who has the info...my grandfather, Jack Coetzee born in >> Goudini, joined the Transvaal Scottish. However, I have a scan of the >> page where he was being discharged in the USA? Did our South African >> troops travel via the US to come home to S.A.? Seems like a long way >> around since we were still in the Commonwealth at that time. Has anyone >> else come across this? >> >> thanks, >> Coral Anna >> >> >> >>> From: tombipeck@talktalk.net >>> To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com >>> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:33:41 +0100 >>> CC: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com; >>> south-africa-immigrants-british@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Photograph of 5th Field, 13 Battery. >>> >>> I've found another photograph taken during my father's Service. >>> >>> The photograph is not dated. >>> >>> I do not know if it was taken in Carolina before they went up North or >>> in North Africa itself. >>> >>> My father was No. 1777787V. A Bombadier in the 1/16 Battery 1/6 Field >>> Regiment, South African Army. >>> >>> Back Row left to right standing: Edgar Goldblum, Herbert Mills, Ken >>> McIntyre, George Burridge, Ralph Dees, Jack Peyper, Les Richards >>> >>> 2nd Row seated. Lt. Hunt, Captain Carter, Lt. Lundberg, Captain Ryan, >>> 2nd Lt. McDonald, Shorty Pinshaw and standing Hopkins >>> >>> Seated on the ground: Stucki, Diffenthal, Alec Griffiths (ex 5th Field >>> 13 Battery). >>> >>> I presume the last comment in brackets refers to Alec Griffiths. >>> >>> If anyone would like a copy of the photograph please contact me off >>> list. >>> Best wishes, >>> Tombi Peck >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message