South African in AFS

[love4history]

Goodmorning Gentlemen,

Stumbled upon a South African Victory Medal named to T. Scotter, AFS

First thought was that this would be the American Field Service (ambulance)

The absence of a rank and rgt nr would support this as AFS was a voluntary non-military unit.

But... how would someone serving in this (American) unit would win a South African Victory Medal? Were there any South Africans in this unit? Wouldn't they automatically be drafted into the military?

Thank you for sharing any thoughts on this!