AFRICAN DEFENCES
NEW MILITARY COMMAND
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received November 14, 11.25 a.m.) RUGBY, November 13.
The Governor-General of South Africa (Sir Patrick Duncan), with the approval of the King, has accepted an appointment as Colonel-in-Chief of the South African Air Forces. The creation of a new military command in South Africa is also announced, namely, the South-west Africa command, comprising the mandated territory and the port and settlement of Walvis Bay, to which, under a recent proclamation, the South Africa Defence Act applies. Citizens in South-west Africa have for some time urged the Union Government to create a military organisation in that territory.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 117, 14 November 1939, Page 9
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104AFRICAN DEFENCES Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 117, 14 November 1939, Page 9
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