c1939 - Front: Lt-Col’s Coetzee, Beresford Wood, Col IP de Villiers, Gen JC Smuts, Lt-Col’s Baston, Jona Spence, FW Cooper (QM). Back: Lt-Col’s Long, OJT Horak, Frank Verster, Private Secretary, ??, RJ Palmer (note wings), RA Meston?, ??.
1925 SOMETHING ON UNIFORMS –THE PRINCE OF WALES, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND OTHER VIP’S Far left: Adv Tielman Roos, the Commissioner of Police, Col Sir Theo Truter, the HTH the Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister, Gen JMB Hertzog. Left: An enlargement of the photo of Col TG Truter. In those days all Officers and Head Constables wore white helmets and/or white cap covers. The Commissioner is wearing a pouch bag etc with his ceremonial uniform.
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