SOUTH AFRICAN ENGINEER CORPS

SOUTH AFRICAN ENGINEER CORPS

From the Collection of Lieutenant Colonel Edward De Santis
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Non-Commissioned Officers and Men

NAME	RANK	REGIMENTAL NUMBER	UNIT/MEDALS
Bell, Robert Alexander	Corporal	75406	Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star [8th Army], Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal with m.i.d., and the Africa Service Medal.
Botha, Nicholas Gerhardus	Corporal	229033	11th Field Company and 22nd Corps Field Park Company. Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal and Africa Service Medal.
Buley, Raymond	Sergeant, later Captain	123814	19th Division Field Park Company, 48th Bitumen Road Construction Company and 30 Road Construction Company. Served in Kenya, Egypt and North Africa. Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and Africa Service Medal.
Gerrans, E.R.	Lance Corporal	172147	Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, Africa Service Medal, and Territorial Efficiency Medal with bar [UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA].
Grant, John Sim	Warrant Officer Class I	27497	40th Railway Construction Company. Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with bar [8th ARMY], Italy Star, War Medal with Mention in Despatche, and Africa Service Medal.
Hailstone, E.	Sapper	Unknown	Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal for service in the Great War.
Koekemoer, Dedrick Johannes	Sapper	194026	Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, Defence Medal, War Medal, and Africa Service Medal.
Mc Pherson, Andries Hendrik	Sapper	238354	Entitled to the Defence Medal, War Medal and Africa Service Medal.
Malcolm, Harold Thomas	Sergeant	31733	Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, and Africa Service Medal.
Purdon, Edward Ronald Lea	Staff Sergeant	74301	Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army bar, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, and Africa Service Medal. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS)
Simpson, Geoffrey Thourbourne	Sergeant	85420	12th Field Company; 8th Anti- Aircraft Searchlight Regiment; 81st Engineer Base Workshop; 93rd Engineer Base Workshop. Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, War Medal, and Africa Service Medal.
Van Onselen, Gerald Henderson	Sapper	192287	Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, and Africa Service Medal.
Ventner, Stephanus Martinus	Corporal	215120	South African Railway and Harbour Brigade. Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, War Medal, and Africa Service Medal. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS)