- 1941 in South Africa
"See also:"
1940 in South Africa ,
other events of 1941,1942 in South Africa and theTimeline of South African history .----
Events
* May - A 13 year old
George Bizos with his father help 7New Zealand soldiers escape Nazi occupiedGreece toCrete
*28 May -Jan Smuts ,Prime Minister of South Africa , becomes aField Marshal of theBritish Army
*8 December - TheUnion of South Africa declares war onFinland ,Rumania ,Hungary andJapan
*31 December - The Union of South Africa declares war onBulgaria Births
* Richard Turner, activist and academic, is born in
Cape Town
*31 January - Eugène Ney Terre'Blanche, anAfrikaner right-wing who founded theAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging , is born inVentersdorp Deaths
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20 April -Marmaduke Pattle , the highest scoring fighterpilot of theRoyal Air Force and Commonwealth Air Forces is shot down and killed overGreece
*11 June -Andries Abraham Stockenström le Fleur ,Griqua leader and visionary, dies inKrantzhoek (Plettenberg Bay area)
*17 September -Newell Orton , fighterpilot is killed in action
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