Square & Compasses No. 106 November 2020

South Africans were also affected by World War I. In 1917 more than 600 black South African soldiers died when the troopship, the SS Mendi, sank. More than 11 000 other South African soldiers also died in this war. South African soldiers, many who were Freemasons, also paid the ultimate price in World War II and in numerous armed conflicts thereafter, in Africa and in overseas countries. We still commemorate the memory of these men and women on Remembrance Day in November at the Cenotaphs in towns and cities.

MW Bro John Smith OSM MSA