Wynberg Military Base
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Wynberg Military Base is an army post in South Africa. It is located in the suburb of Wynberg, Cape Town in the Western Cape Province. Its hosts 2 Military Hospital and the Wynberg Military Base Sports Stadium. The Victorian era Officers Club at the base was declared a national monument in 1968.
During the first British invasion of the Cape a British camp was briefly established at the location of the base in 1797 due to its equidistant location between Table Bay to its north and False Bay to is south. During this period the camp briefly served as the headquarters Cape Corps. A farm owned by Alexander Tennant was purchased and a more permanent base established in 1804.
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