Sa Legion
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The SA Legion strives to perpetuate the memory of those that fell and were left behind to lie in foreign fields. The SA Legion is a National Organisation serving the needs of military veterans, pensions, ex-service personnel and their dependants in the way of housing, employment and general welfare.

The SA Legion is a National Organisation, part of a world-wide family of organisations serving the needs of ex-service personnel and their dependents in the way of housing, pensions, employment and general welfare. Fostering that spirit of self-sacrifice, comradeship and co-operation that inspired members of the armed forces to work together in the common interest of their country. After suffering the horrors of war in France and Flanders, thousands of men who fought on the British side in World War One underwent incredible hardship once they had been discharged from the armed services and returned to civilian life. Realising the serious plight in which men found themselves, three prominent soldiers: Field Marshall Earl Haig, General the Rt. Every month the members of the Women’s Auxiliary conduct welfare visits to a number hospitals and homes that provide assistance to veterans.