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 Death:
Ian Grant ‘Brick’ Bryson 9322
Doug Grierson advises, with regret, the death of Brick Bryson
on 19 April 2011 at Ballito, South Africa. Brick had served
in the Royal Navy during the latter part of the Second World
War (British East Indies Fleet), following which he came to
then Rhodesia to take up farming. His war service saw him
in action in the Bay of Bengal, for which he was the youngest
recipient of the Burma Star. He joined the Field Reserve of
the Force in Wedza in 1956 and he was a member of VATS, the
forerunner of PATU. Brick became a full time Reserve instructor
in October 1967, being based in the Karoi District. He formally
attested into the BSA Police as a ‘regular’ in October 1974
and resigned with the rank of Inspector(T) in December 1978.
After leaving the force, he emigrated to South Africa and
went into training in the security industry. Ian became an
active member of the Natal Branch of Regimental Association.
Our thoughts and condolences go out to his wife, Jenny, his
family and friends, to whom we extend our deepest sympathy.
24 April 2011
News Archives are Stored on Site
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Web Site News Archive
(see also link on the right).
18 April 2011
 Death:
James Oliver ‘Jimmy’ Watkins 4157
Doug Grierson advises, with regret, the death of Jimmy Watkins
on 12 April 2011 at Cape Town (Claremont), South Africa. Jimmy
joined the BSA Police in December 1946 after serving with
the Rifle Brigade in North Africa and Italy in the Second
World War. He spent much of his earlier service in Depot and
is well remembered by many recruits who passed through his
Law and Police lectures. Jimmy also served in Matabeleland
and was at one time the Officer Commanding Victoria Province.
He was awarded the Colonial Police Medal in 1965 and became
Deputy Commandant Depot the following year. Shortly thereafter,
in December 1966, he retired with the rank of Chief Superintendent.
After leaving the force, Jimmy went into the insurance business
and became an active member of the Regimental Association
in Salisbury and later the Western Cape. He emigrated to South
Africa in the early 1970’s and joined the South African Navy.
Our thoughts and condolences go out to his family and friends,
to whom we extend our deepest sympathy.
18 April 2011
 Death:
Theunis Gert Coetzee 3905
Your web administrator advises, with regret, the death of
Theunis Coetzee on 10 April 2011 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Theunis
joined the BSA Police in August 1940 and served in the Midlands
at Gwelo for several years, before transferring to the Criminal
Investigation Department. He became an expert in the discipline
of scenes of crime investigation specialising in fingerprints
and photography. He attended most serious crime scenes in
then Rhodesia during his tenure in office. He was promoted
to Superintendent in July 1961 and the following year was
awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service.
Theunis served until August 1964, retiring, with the rank
of Chief Superintendent and then went into farming. He became
and active member of the Police Reserve and was awarded the
Medal for Meritorious Service in July 1979. Theunis was a
member of the Mashonaland Branch. Our thoughts and condolences
go out to his family and friends, to whom we extend our deepest
sympathy.
17 April 2011
Death: Leon du Toit 6268
Garth von Horsten advises, with regret, the death of Leon du Toit on 11 April 2011 at Johannesburg, South Africa. Leon joined the BSA Police in January 1961 and served until July 1964, leaving at his own request, with the rank of Constable. He was a member of the Transvaal Branch. Our thoughts and condolences go out to his wife Merle, family and friends, to whom we extend our deepest sympathy.
16 April 2011
 Another
Book: Weapons of Mass Destruction - The Zimbabwe Connection:
by former member Harry Naismith 7795
Harry Naismith announces the publication of a his book (a
Kindle Edition), Weapons
of Mass Destruction - The Zimbabwe Connection
which may be found on Amazon, if you follow the link, or click
on the image. A fiction title, Amazon has the following product
description, "The enigmatic David Bradley stumbles upon evidence
suggesting the Zimbabwe authorities have become custodians
of some of Saddam Hussein’s illusive weapons of mass destruction.
Realising this, the Harare regime, desperate to protect its
interests, puts a contract out on the potentially pernicious
Bradley. The trail leads to Iraq where the entrepreneurial
Bradley seeks to make ‘long bucks’ on a security contract
which in fact has been orchestrated to lure him to his death.
He survives two assassination attempts before goons from the
Mahdi army finally corner him on a roof-top in the city of
al Kut. The question is: can the Iraqi militants succeed where
previously others have failed abysmally?"
9 April 2011
Scottish Gathering Newsletter
Steve Acornley and Nigel Seaward are working hard on the intended
Scottish Gathering to be held on the 14 May 2011, 28 York
Place, Edinburgh - their
short newsletter is available for your reading
pleasure.
9 April 2011
 Western
Cape Outpost March 2011 (Edition 68)
Lawrie Mabin, Editor of the Western
Cape Outpost Magazine has sent in his latest
edition for your reading pleasure. Lawries has produced another
information packed, interesting edition. To read the magazine,
please click on the image to the right. This will download
a 3Mb PDF document, which you may read on your browser or
save and read later in Adobe Reader (which has just released
a free upgrade).
2 April 2011
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