In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.

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African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in World War I and have no known grave, in Cape Town ...

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried. But their ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no known grave have been recognized with ...

Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in Cape Town after going unrecognised for more than a century. The 1,772 ...

Others noted that 1945 marked the final year of the Second World War, which began in 1939. “Sundalo po ‘yan sa WW1. Pero nagwakas ang buhay niya suguro during WW2,” a Facebook user commented. “Namatay ...

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However, technology had come a long way from just a few decades prior, when, during WWI, military aircraft were in their infancy and the entire idea of using aircraft in warfare was fairly foreign.