South African Units
1 Parachute Battalion1 Recce1 South African Infantry Battalion1 Special Service Bn101 Battalion2 Recce24 Squadron3 South African Infantry Battalion31 Battalion32 Battalion4 Recce4 South African Infantry Battalion44 Parachute Brigade5 Recce5 South African Infantry Battalion61 Mechanised Battalion Group8 South African Infantry BattalionInfantry SchoolKoevoetSector 10 HQSpecial Force HQ
Chris Garland
Chris Garland served with distinction with the Rhodesian Light Infantry before joining the SADF as an officer at 121 Zulu Bn (he speaks Zulu fluently). After that, he joined 101 Bn, the Romeo Mike Bn, of the SWATF. In the early 1990s he retired as a Lt Col.
Dawid Hermanus Fourie
awarded the Honoris Crux for his actions and bravery in the operational Area on 6 September 1978
Delville Linford
Delville Linford, born in Potchefstroom on 23 July 1930, matriculated in 1948 and joined the Active Citizen Force. A few years later he enrolled at he Army Gymnasium. In 1953 he attended the Army College as a trainer instructor and gained first place, then...
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
Deon Botes
Rfn. Deon Botes, 3 SAI, O Coy, 1984 Intake. 81014235, Benoni
Duncan Rykaart
Retired after commanding the South African 5 Recce Regiment, then with Executive Outcomes in Angola, The first commander for EO in Sierra Leone, then founded his own company with some interesting contracts in Libya, then in Sudan against US backed troops
Frans J. Fourie
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...
