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1916(Jan 1) O.H.M.S. Longer (248 x 105mm) envelope with various faults including tears, vertical crease & rumples to Military Tailor, Johannesburg cancelled Cantonments /Potchefstroom cds & with violet …..Capt., / Adjutant, 8th S.A. Infantry cachet with sigature…About 2000 South Africans left Capetown in mid Sept 1914 arriving Luderitz 18 Sept to tackle the Germans however they had left but the townsfolk were rather troublesome & units & depots back in S.A. were destinedto play a supporting role to the Units in S.W.A. for the remainder of the war.