1941 in South Africa

Events

May

• 28 – Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, is appointed as a Field Marshal of the British Army.
• The 13-year-old George Bizos, with his father, help 7 New Zealand soldiers escape Nazi occupied Greece to Crete.

December

• 8 – The Union of South Africa declares war on Finland, Romania, Hungary and Japan.
• 31 – The Union of South Africa declares war on Bulgaria.

Births

• 31 January – Eugène Terre'Blanche, Afrikaner right-wing founder of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. (d. 2010)
• 2 September 2 – David Bale, businessman, father of Christian Bale and husband of Gloria Steinem. (d. 2003)
• 25 September – Rick Turner, activist and academic. (d. 1978)

Deaths

• 20 April – Pat Pattle DFC and Bar, fighter pilot. (b. 1914)
• 11 June – Andries Abraham Stockenström le Fleur, Griqua leader and visionary.
• 17 September – Newell Orton, fighter pilot.

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