A South African War Hero

[Mervyn Mitton]

I hope that this newspaper report may be of some interest to Members. He is a young South African- stationed in Afghanistan - and everyone is very proud of his award.

[Brett Hendey]

Mervyn

Thank you for that post. It is a great pity that so many young South Africans must leave the country in order to serve in the military. In times gone by, they would have served in South African corps and might have expected to join Commonwealth countries such as Canada and Australia in Afghanistan. There is no chance of that happening now, which must be a relief to the high command in Afghanistan.

Regards

Brett