DEFENCES OF AFRICA
SOUTH-WEST FORCE COMMAND CREATED (Brilisli nflh-iid Wireless.) Reed. 10.40 a.m. RUGBY. Nov. 13. j The Governor-General of South j Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, with the approval of the King, has accepted an appointment as Colonel-in-Chicf of the! South African Air Force. The creation oi' a new military, command in South Africa is also ail-' nouncod, namely the South-West ! Africa Command, comprising the I mandated territory and the port and! settlement ol' Walvis Bay. to which under the recent; proclamation the j South Africa Defence Act applies.; Citizens of South-West Africa have! for some time past urged the Union I Government to create a military organisation in that territory. I
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 14 November 1939, Page 7
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