World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations

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British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
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Headquarters, Orange Free State Command, Union Defence Force, South Africa, Peacetime Administrative Organization
6 September 1939

HEADQUARTERS, ORANGE FREE STATE COMMAND Bloemfontein, Orange Free State

Officer Commanding	LTC  P.S. van Wijk S.A. Staff Corps
Staff Officer	CPT  O.S. Schnitter The Pioneer Battalion
Officer Commanding, Command Training Depot	MAJ  P.A. Karemaker S.A. Staff Corps
Command Recreation Officer	21LT  P.H. Malan Regt. President Steyn
Senior Ordnance Officer	MAJ  W.B. McKay S.A.O.C.
Command Paymaster & Quarter-Master	21LT  H.V. Joyce S.A.A.P. & C. Corps
Asst. Director of Medical Services	MAJ  D.B. Strachan S.A.M.C.
Dep. Asst. Director of Medical Services	MAJ  C.D. Roberts S.A.M.C. (Kimberly)

[1] Orange Free State Province is now known as Free State 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.