South African Military Health Service

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The South African Military Health Service is the branch of the South African National Defence Force On 31 May 1910 the Union of South Africa was established and incorporated the two former British colonies of the Cape and Natal and the two former Boer republics, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as provinces of the nation state. Each had its own military health establishment before the Union. Read more There were the Cape Medical Staff Corps founded in 1899, the Transvaal Medical Staff Corps in 1903 and the Natal Volunteer Medical Corps in 1899. All of these medical corps changed their names: the Cape Medical Staff Corps was changed to the Cape Medical Corps in 1903, the Transvaal Medical Staff Corps was changed to the Transvaal Medical Corps in 1907 and the Natal Volunteer Medical Corps was changed to the Natal Medical Corps in 1904. On 13 June 1912 the Defence Act was passed in order to establish the Union Defence Forces from various military predecessors. Existing military formations were brought together to form the Union Defence Forces. On 3 December 1913, the Cape, Natal and Transvaal Medical Corps were integrated to form the South African Medical Corps (SAMC). When the First World War broke out in August 1914, medical services were organised to support the Union Defence Force formations in the various campaigns. In August 1914 the South African Military Nursing Service (SAMNS) was also established and became the first women's service in the Union Defence Forces. The SAMC personnel took part in the campaigns in German South West Africa, German Hast and Central Africa, Egypt, France and Flanders amongst others. The Director of Medical Services, Col. Stock. C.B., retired on February 1920. The SAMNS was merged with the Department of Public health. 'I'his meant that an officer acting as Director of Medical Services in peacetime would be released for full time service in the event of war. The SAMC received valuable reserves when the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem and the Red Cross Society were recognised by regulations framed under Section 121 of the S.A Defence Act, and published under Government Notice No. 280 of February 13,1923. The SAMC continued its peacetime military health service routine including examination of recruits, treatment of patients, training and other health related activities until the Second World War broke out in 1939. Update description

Address:

Corner of Jochemus and Nossob Streets
Pretoria

Telephone:

012 367 9000

Web site:

mhs.mil.za ⇒

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Fortune M. 2015-08-04

I wish to be a part of the south African military some day i love that job

Malesela T. 2015-05-15

One of the best

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South African Military Health S. 2015-05-11
Application information for SAMHS. If you are interested in joining the SANDF, you need to meet the following requirements: •Be a South African citizen. •Be between the ages of 18 and 22 (although graduates up to the age of 26 can also join). •Not area

South African Military Health S. 2015-05-11
Aansoek inligting vir SAMGD. Indien u belangstel om by die SANW aan te sluit, moet u aan die volgende vereistes te voldoen: • 'n Suid-Afrikaanse burger wees. • Tussen die ouderdomme van 18 en 22 (hoewel gegradueerdes tot die ouderdom van 26 ook kan de

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