By the end of 1919, the units of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force had returned to South Africa and were demobilised at camps at Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria and Potchefstroom. A Demobilisation Board and over 50 ‘Returned Soldiers Committees’ were established to help reintegrate white servicemen back into civilian life. Many returned to jobs that had been reserved by their employers, whilst others joined the Allied Expeditionary Force in Russia that was fighting the Bolsheviks, and some became part of the radical mineworkers’ movement that led the Rand Rebellion in 1922. Unfortunately due to South African racial policies, employment support and official gratitude was never given to the Coloured, Black and Indian racial groups that had served.