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Special Service Battalion
SSB Cap Badge
Active1 May 1933 – 1953
CountrySpecial Service Battalion Union of South Africa
AllegianceUnion of South Africa
BranchSpecial Service Battalion South African Army
Nickname(s)SSB (English)/SDB (Afrikaans)
Motto(s)Eendrag Maakt Mag (Unity is Strength)
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lt Col George Brink

Lt Col CEG (Papa) Brits
Lt Col WHE Poole

Lt Col HB Klopper

The Special Service Battalion (SSB) is a South African military unit formed on 1 May 1933[1] under the patronage of Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence. The object was to give training to youths, between the ages of 17 and 23, who, in the wake of the 1929 depression, could find no suitable employment on leaving school.[2]

  1. ^ Wessels, A (2013). "South Africa's land forces, 1912-2012". Journal for Contemporary History. 38 (1): 229–254.
  2. ^ Potgieter D.J., Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Nasionale Opvoedkundige Uitgewery Ltd, Cape Town, 1971

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