South African Units

Infantry School101 BattalionSpecial Force HQ44 Parachute Brigade31 Battalion5 Recce2 Recce1 Special Service Bn4 Recce4 South African Infantry Battalion3 South African Infantry BattalionSector 10 HQ1 Recce32 Battalion1 Parachute Battalion61 Mechanised Battalion Group

32 Battalion

Deon ‘Falcon’ Ferreira

He was born on New Years day 1946 in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa and matriculated from Graaf Reniet High School. He was the son of Alwyn Burger Ferreira and Hester Magdalena (Bosman) Ferreira

32 Battalion

During his career, he went on many operations, mostly with the seaborne specialists, 4 Recce. Some were spectacular, like Ops Kerslig where he won the Honoris Crux and many more. His list of decorations besides the Honoris Crux (HC) is the Southern Cross Medal...

32 Battalion

Gavin Monn

1 Parachute Battalion, 1 Recce, 2 Recce, 4 South African Infantry Battalion

Gregory Ashton

He was a sergeant in 1 Recce Commando, qualifying in 1977. After years of operations, including as a mountaineering instructor, and team leader, he left for Wits University to study further. Soon, he was back at 1 Recce Regiment and eyed (wrongly) with much...

3 South African Infantry Battalion, Sector 10 HQ, Special Force HQ

Gregory Nicholas ‘MadDog’ McEwan

1 Special Service Bn, 32 Battalion

Hannes Nortmann

He started his career at 1SSB and then attended the School of Armour after becoming involved in the development of the Rooikat armoured fighting vehicle. But it was in Southern Angola where he made his name commanding the armour part of 32 Battalion’s Support...