The 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
… SS Mendi troop ship carrying the Fifth Battalion of the South African Native Labour Contingent, the recruitment process for troops to assist in World War 1 was not heavily impacted. On the 23rd of March the 1st … Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1987.|“World War 1”, South African History Online, Accessed 19 …