Brother of Mr. K. M. Hosack, of Benoni, Transvaal. Served with Special Service Battalion, Natal Carbineers, first as Trooper later as RQMS in GSWA; January to July 1915; enlisted in 1st Cape Corps 20 October 1915, rank RQMS; promoted 2nd Lieutenant 4th December 1915, reverted to RQMS at own request, 14th December 1915; again promoted 2nd Lieutenant 26th June 1916
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "Cape Corps" (a branch/Corps, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, matching the same organisation already correctly classified there elsewhere on the ROH.
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).
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