| 词条 | Job Maseko |
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}} | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | website = }} Job Maseko or Job Masego {{post-nominals|MM}} (died 1952) was a South African soldier during World War II, serving in the Native Military Corps[1] (NMC). Maseko worked as a delivery man in the South African town of Springs[2] before volunteering for service in the Native Military Corps. After completing his basic training, he was sent to North Africa with the South African 2nd Infantry Division. He became a prisoner of war on 21 June 1942 when Major-General Hendrik Balthazar Klopper, surrendered to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at Tobruk with 32,000 men, including 10,722 South Africans of the 2nd Division (of which 1,200 were Native Military Corps members). While a prisoner, he constructed a bomb, using a milk tin, cordite and a fuse and, with the help of fellow prisoners Andrew Mohudi, Sam Police and Koos Williams, managed to hide the device on a German cargo boat at the docks of Tobruk. The boat was destroyed in the explosion later that afternoon.[2] He was later presented with the Military Medal (MM) by Major-General F H Theron. According to Neville Lewis, the first official South Africa war artist during World War II, Maseko was recommended for a Victoria Cross{{cn|date=May 2013}} but, being considered "only an African", he was awarded the Military Medal instead. He attained the rank of lance corporal during his service. Maseko died in 1952 after being struck by a train[2] and was buried in the Payneville Township Cemetery of Springs. Military Medal CitationAn extract from his Military Medal citation reads as follows:
Honours and RecognitionIn his honour, the township of KwaThema near Springs has a primary school named after him. The main road linking Springs to KwaThema as well as a South African Navy fast attack craft was also named after him. In 2007, South African director Vincent Moloi made a documentary about Job Maseko and the South African 2nd Infantry Division called "A Pair of Boots and a Bicycle". In 1997 the South African Navy renamed the SAS Kobie Coetzee the SAS Job Masego[3] References1. ^{{cite journal | url=http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol101jm.html | title=SOLDIERS WITHOUT REWARD Africans in South Africa's Wars | author=Mohlamme, JS | journal=SA Military History Journal |date=June 1995 | volume=10 | issue=1}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Maseko, Job}}2. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/ww2-veteran-job-masego-dies | title=WW2 veteran Job Masego dies | accessdate=2013-05-17}} 3. ^List of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy 9 : South African Army personnel|South African military personnel of World War II|Recipients of the Military Medal|1952 deaths|South African prisoners of war|World War II prisoners of war held by Germany|Year of birth missing|People from Springs, Gauteng|Railway accident deaths in South Africa |
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