{"id":202548,"date":"2019-04-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/202548\/witwatersrand-rifles-regiment-honours-the-fallen\/"},"modified":"2019-04-25T14:42:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T12:42:38","slug":"witwatersrand-rifles-regiment-honours-the-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/24\/witwatersrand-rifles-regiment-honours-the-fallen\/","title":{"rendered":"Witwatersrand Rifles Regiment honours the fallen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Witwatersrand Rifles Regiment holds its annual Wits Week Parade at the regiment\u2019s headquarters, Fort Bear, in Germiston, each year, on the Saturday closest to April 15.<\/p>\n

The parade, along with a wreath-laying service, is to commemorate the many lives lost when the Witwatersrand Rifles joined the de la Rey (WR\/DLR) Regiment and participated in the Battle of Caprara, in Italy, in 1945.<\/p>

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This year, the commemoration was held on April 13.<\/p>\n

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The Witwatersrand Rifles platoon, recently, partook in this year\u2019s Wits Week Parade, at the regiment\u2019s headquarters Fort Bear, in commemoration of those who lost their lives while part of the regiment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Veterans, civilians and members of the SAPS such as Brig Nkhensani Lemba, station commander of the Germiston Police Station, were transported back in time, to that fateful day by Honorary Lt Col Dr John Job who gave the keynote address.<\/p>

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