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[RobD]

V interesting point: Did the lend/lease programme send arms to South Africa?

Certainly, I have seen 1941-dated Harley Davidsons with South African markings, so perhaps this was also the case with rifles. If not, the rifle came to South Africa after its FTR in 1949, but before the Union of SA became the Republic in 1961.
From Wikipedia: "The Lend-Lease policy, formally titled An Act to Further Promote the Defense of the United States, (Pub.L. 77–11, H.R. 1776, 55 Stat. 3034, enacted March 11, 1941)[1] was a program under which the United States supplied Great Britain, the U.S., Free France, the Republic of China, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and August 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of World War II in Europe in September 1939 and nine months before the U.S. entered the war in December 1941."

TerryLee, who visits this forum, is the world expert on British arms in South Africa, I'm sure he will know.

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[Beerhunter]

V interesting point: Did the lend/lease programme send arms to South Africa?

Not this one Rob. Unless of course they moved Fazackerly to the US, and carried on supplying SA after the end of the Lend-Lease Act in 1945.