Five: Sub-Lieutenant C. W. Smith, South African Naval Forces 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘66986 C. W. Smith’, lacquered, very fine Five: Warrant Officer Class II S. D. Jolliffe, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence Medal; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘22534 S. D. Jolliffe’, lacquered, very fine Six: Private R. I. Bergemann, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 8th Army clasp; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘191447 R. I. Bergemann’, lacquered, very fine Six: Private L. J. C. van Staden, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘12735 L. J. C. van Staden’, lacquered, very fine Five: Sergeant B. J. Jooste, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘17802 B. J. Jooste’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., Union of South Africa (Sgt. B. J. Jooste Q.S.C.) medal detached from retaining rod on last, otherwise very fine Four: Private C. van Niekerk, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘M13020 C. van Niekerk’, good very fine Africa Service Medal (N540 J. Mzusumedi) good very fine (32) £100-140 Footnote Cecil William Smith was born at Paddock, Natal, on 6 November 1920, and entered the South African Navy as an Ordinary Seaman on 15 January 1940. Advanced to Petty Officer on 4 June 1942, he was commissioned temporary Sub-Lieutenant on 24 December 1942. Stanley Desmond Jolliffe was born at Durban on 16 August 1917, and attested for the South African Medical Corps on 13 November 1940. He served throughout the Second World War, and was advanced Warrant Officer Class II, being discharged on 21 January 1946. Louis Jacobus Cornelius van Staden, of Balmoral, Transvaal, was born on 20 May 1918, and served with the South African Forces throughout the Second World War. He was discharged on 5 September 1945. Benjamin John Jooste was born at Cape Town on 7 July 1908, and attested for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles on 13 May 1940, having previously served in that unit’s Lewis Gun Section. He served with them throughout the Second World War in East Africa, Abyssinia, Eritrea, and Egypt, and was promoted Corporal on 11 May 1942. He was finally discharged on 1 April 1946. Carel van Niekerk attested for the Indian and Malay Corps, South African Forces on 2 December 1940, and served with them in Somalia during the Second World War. He died of acute toxic jaundice on 18 March 1941, and is buried in Mogadishu African War Cemetery, Somalia.
Five: Sub-Lieutenant C. W. Smith, South African Naval Forces 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘66986 C. W. Smith’, lacquered, very fine Five: Warrant Officer Class II S. D. Jolliffe, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence Medal; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘22534 S. D. Jolliffe’, lacquered, very fine Six: Private R. I. Bergemann, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 8th Army clasp; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘191447 R. I. Bergemann’, lacquered, very fine Six: Private L. J. C. van Staden, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘12735 L. J. C. van Staden’, lacquered, very fine Five: Sergeant B. J. Jooste, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘17802 B. J. Jooste’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., Union of South Africa (Sgt. B. J. Jooste Q.S.C.) medal detached from retaining rod on last, otherwise very fine Four: Private C. van Niekerk, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘M13020 C. van Niekerk’, good very fine Africa Service Medal (N540 J. Mzusumedi) good very fine (32) £100-140 Footnote Cecil William Smith was born at Paddock, Natal, on 6 November 1920, and entered the South African Navy as an Ordinary Seaman on 15 January 1940. Advanced to Petty Officer on 4 June 1942, he was commissioned temporary Sub-Lieutenant on 24 December 1942. Stanley Desmond Jolliffe was born at Durban on 16 August 1917, and attested for the South African Medical Corps on 13 November 1940. He served throughout the Second World War, and was advanced Warrant Officer Class II, being discharged on 21 January 1946. Louis Jacobus Cornelius van Staden, of Balmoral, Transvaal, was born on 20 May 1918, and served with the South African Forces throughout the Second World War. He was discharged on 5 September 1945. Benjamin John Jooste was born at Cape Town on 7 July 1908, and attested for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles on 13 May 1940, having previously served in that unit’s Lewis Gun Section. He served with them throughout the Second World War in East Africa, Abyssinia, Eritrea, and Egypt, and was promoted Corporal on 11 May 1942. He was finally discharged on 1 April 1946. Carel van Niekerk attested for the Indian and Malay Corps, South African Forces on 2 December 1940, and served with them in Somalia during the Second World War. He died of acute toxic jaundice on 18 March 1941, and is buried in Mogadishu African War Cemetery, Somalia.
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