2Lt. Jacobus. G. Hoon and 2Lt. Pierre Lundberg together with Cpl’s I.J. Pretorius and Daniel. J. Schutte were the first Permanent force leader group who trained the first group of Pathfinders in September 1978.
After the initial deployment at 101Bn, Capt Pierre Lundberg who was a member of the initial group was again asked to command the national service pathfinders, which he did until the end of 1982.
