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    Campaign to recognise war hero rebuffed for being black

    Apr 25, 2021 3 minutes

    NATHAN CRAIG nathan.c raig@inl.co.za

    A FORMER Durban man is on a crusade to rectify the injustice caused to war veteran Job Maseko, who was denied the Victoria Cross (VC) award because he was black.

    Maseko sunk a Nazi vessel during World War II using a makeshift explosive made from a can of condensed milk.

    William Gillespie, originally from Durban but now living in Somerset, UK, recently started a petition to have Maseko posthumously awarded the VC.

    “My dad fought in the Second World War and told me about Job

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