World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations

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British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
With thanks to Robert Michel

Headquarters, Cape Command, Union Defence Force, South Africa, Peacetime Administrative Organization
6 September 1939

HEADQUARTERS, CAPE COMMAND The Castle, Capetown, Cape Province [1]

Officer Commanding	COL   B.F. Armstrong S.A. Staff Corps
Staff Officers	MAJ  C.N. de Villiers S.A. Serv. Corps CPT  E.K.F. Rossler S.A.A.P. & C. Corps MAJ  L. du Toit S.A. Arty.
Officer Commanding, Command Training Depot	MAJ  M.E. Fourie S.A.A.F.
Command Air Force Officer	CPT  S.L. Walters S.A.A.F.
Command Weapons Training Officer
Officer Commanding, Aircraft and Artillery Depot	MAJ  E.F. Edwards S.A.A.F
Supplies and Transport Officer	21LT  F.R. Bezudenhout S.A.A.P. & C. Corps
Senior Ordnance Officer	MAJ  B.M. Hildebrand S.A.O.C.
Command Paymaster & Quarter-Master	CPT  P.J. Redelinghuys S.A.A.P. & C. Corps
Dep. Dir. of Medical Service	LTC  P. Allan S.A.M.C.
Senior Medical Officer	CPT  F.S. du Toit S.A.M.C.

[1] The Cape Province in which Capetown is located is now known as the Western Cape Province. The details in this list based on information (corrected generally to 20.02.1939) supplied by the Goverment of the Union of South Africa, and The Monthly Army List, May 1939. Amended to September 1939 as far as possible.