----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Möhr" <mohr@lantic.net> To: <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Photograph of 5th Field, 13 Battery and question about WW1 S.A. soldiers' discharge > See also http://www.acronymfinder.com/Union-of-South-Africa-%28USA%29.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Coral Anna Foster" <thandisa@msn.com> > To: "south africa" <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:07 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Photograph of 5th Field, 13 Battery > and question about WW1 S.A. soldiers' discharge > > >> >> 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 >