Sunday 22nd May 2016 was a typical KZN Provincial MOTH meeting being held at the Assagai Shellhole in Wentworth on the Bluff. The Mainline District had a pretty good attendance […]
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Ms. Esmé Taylor (102) re-joins the MOTH.
Great was the respect and the joy by MOTH Crater Shellhole members when World War II Veteran Me. Esmé Taylor, turning 103 in May, was initiated as a returning Moth, […]
Read StoryDenis Couzens awarded for 70 years unbroken service in the Moths
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Read Story100 Year Old Bagpipes Arrive In London To Mark Battle Of The Somme
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Read StoryM.O.T.H. WOMENS AUXILARY – Aassegai M.O.T.H.W.A
Yvonne Rich, the Lady Billie presented to MOTH Michael Pothas, a MOTH of Long Ditance Snipers, – This award – For your dedicated service to ‘Moore’ Road Mothwa Haven, and […]
Read StoryMoth Winston’s New Book – Tales and Poems of the Rhodesian Bush War circa1967 – 1979
My new book “Tales and Poems of the Rhodesian Bush War circa1967 – 1979” is now available to MOTH members at a discounted price of R220.00 each (up to R350.00 […]
Read StoryDenis Couzens awarded for 70 years unbroken service in the Moths
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Read StoryThis day in history: Sunday 07 April 1946
Fellow Moths and Shellhole Friends To the memory of and in proud thanksgiving of our 57 founding members, to all those committed Moths and Friends who served at our Shellhole […]
Read StoryRAID Byng Boys Shellhole
My Moth friend called me up to ask if we could RAID Byng Boys Shellhole that meet at Bartle Road Moth cottages, and that they meet on the last Tuesday […]
Read Story“MOTH O”
Today 51 Years ago, 01st April 1961, the Founder of our Great Order, Moth Charles Evenden (Moth O), answered the Sunset Call. Let Us Remember Him. General Jannie Smuts made […]
Read StoryDiamond wedding anniversary for MOTH
Denzil Gravett is a long-serving member of Buffalo-Dixie Shellhole in East London.
Read StoryBetter ‘Ole Shellhole Monthly Meeting
Better ‘Ole Shellhole had their usual monthly meeting, Sat 12th March and we had a very good turn out with 36 members on parade (membership is 54 – 66,7%) with […]
Read Story2016 Moth National Bowls
2016 Moth National Bowls will be in will be hosted in Newcastle buy MONTE STANCO Shellhole in October 2016. See entry form under Dates to remember. More details to follow […]
Read Story70 Years of unbroken service as a Moth: 13 March 2016 [19468 Moth Malcolm Bouwer]
Fellow Moths and Shellhole Friends Sometime during March 1946, Moth Malcolm Bouwer was inducted into our beloved Order. Unfortunately too weak to attend Shellhole functions in person anymore; we are […]
Read StoryDoug Smith turns 95 Tuesday 8th March 2015
At my last visit (23 Jan) to Douggie Smith at his home in the Lake View Retirement village in Scottburgh about 75km south of Durban. I had made up my […]
Read StoryThe KZN Provincial Meeting – War Correspondent
The KZN Provincial meeting for the month of February was held at the Windsor/M’tambu Shellhole in Darnell, which is about 150km up north into Zululand. This is a Shellhole that […]
Read StoryNews from Langeberg No 9 Shellhole
I had been in touch with the Durban & District Old Bill, Geoff Atkins , when we travelled together with Jurek Krakewski (The KZN Prov Adj) where Geoff said that […]
Read StoryBetter ‘Ole decides to Raid Journey’s End Shellhole
Better ‘Ole decides to Raid Journey’s End Shellhole which is in Durban North. Wednesday 17th Feb. The last time that we did this was 16th Sept last year. So our […]
Read StoryJourney’s End Shellhole
From Journey’s End Shellhole meeting on Wednesday 17th Feb, Old Bill Wayne Tarr needed a work party to paint the outer walls of their ‘Log Cabin Shellhole’ to start at […]
Read StoryWas Better ‘Ole Shellhole meeting.
The Better O’le meeting on the 2nd Saturday in February is always a bad day for me as the next day (Sunday is the Midmar Mile swim and I enter […]
Read StoryKomesho Shellhole Cleaning of war graves (Paarl Post)
Mainline District meeting at Winston Churchill
The Mainline District Dugout meets throughout the year at different Shellholes. To start this year 2016, the first meeting was held at Winston Churchill, which is in Westville (Durban). At […]
Read StoryKZN Province meeting at Victory Shellhole
The first of the KZN Provincial meetings to be held in 2016, was held at the Victory Shellhole which is located in the suburb of Malvern, about 20km west of […]
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Read StoryLowveld District Dugout’s first meeting of 2016
On Sunday 17 January, the Lowveld District Dugout held their first meeting of the year. It was also the first meeting under the new District Old Bill, John Calmeyer (of […]
Read StoryMainline District meeting which was held at Winston Churchill on Sat 16th Jan 2016
After the Mainline District meeting which was held at Winston Churchill on Sat 16th Jan 2016. Some members from Better ‘Ole Shellhole had decided toattend the Mainline meeting and then […]
Read StoryBetter ‘Ole Shellhole raids Winston Churchill
Better ‘Ole Shellhole decided to make a raid on Winston Churchill on Thursday evening 14th January 2016 and they meet 19,00 for 19,30 and this is got to be the […]
Read StoryWhere are the 3 Moths now?
I am going through the Home Front Magazines looking for information/ History on Better ‘Ole Shellhoe and it’s formation. I came across this article of the MacDermid Family in the […]
Read StoryHELP
Fellow MOTH I am looking for some HELP, Peter Shattock of Better ‘Ole Shellhole, alias the “War Correspondent” We at Better ‘Ole are desperately trying to find out if anyone […]
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Border Campaign Memorial Parade and Service 2016
I had not seen Doug Smith since the Hard Tack Shellhole Christmas lunch Sat 19th Dec 2015 Yes it’s hell getting old, and one thing for sure, as in Doug’s […]
Read StoryEast London District
SADF 2.4 km: Great turnout in East London. Best time just over 10 minutes. Last in 1 hour 18 minutes 43 seconds. That pair denies having leopard crawled the whole […]
Read StoryHARD TACK Shellhole Christmas held at the Umkomaas Golf club
I wanted to go and visit my ‘Mature’ MOTH Friend Doug Smith this last Saturday 19th December and he informed me that he was going to go to the HARD […]
Read StoryHighway Shellhole of Hillcrest hosted their Christmas lunch on Saturday 5th December 2015
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