WW2 - S.A. P.O's Tunic

[Mervyn Mitton]

This was the Chief Petty Officer tunic pattern for Sth. Africa - it has as the badge a gold lion on the

sleeve - this was different to the British pattern. His ribbon bars are as mounted. He was obviously still serving until after the War.

[Mervyn Mitton]

39/45 Star ; Africa Star - with 8th. Army clasp ; Italy Star ; Defence medal ; War Medal ;

Afica Medal.

[Arthur R]

Very nice, Mervyn. From the look of it, this CPO served quite a bit after the war - at least until the late 1950s, but not long enough to earn a long service medal (18 years in those days). The lion badge replaced the orange diamond around 1949, and the springbok buttons were worn between 1959 and 1972.

[Mervyn Mitton]

Thanks Arthur - I guessed that he must have continued in Service for a while - the medals didn't come through

that quickly. As always thankyou for putting me right on the detailed SA knowledge - remember, I'm an Aussie at heart !

Mervyn