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After matriculating, Kloppies was conscripted for military duty in January 1977, and was assigned to 3 South African Infantry Battalion in Potchefstroom. After basic training, he applied to be considered for the Recces and reported for pre-selection. The...
Breytenbach attended the Army Gymnasium in 1950, and was awarded the Sword of Peace in 1953 and joined the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm after serving in the Armoured Corps and saw service in the Suez Crisis in 1956. He rejoined the South African Defence Force in 1961...
Warrant Officer 2nd Class Jim Reeves, 5 Reconnaissance Commando. "Jim Reeves" (nom de guerre) was born in the Portuguese Colony of Cape Verde Islands on 13 August 1959. At age 18, he volunteered to join the South African Defence Force, shortly after the Portuguese...
Rfn Johan D. Basson 3 SAI, O Coy, 1984 Intake. 83589515BG, Johannesburg
Rfn. F J Bezuidenhout, 3 SAI, O Coy, 1984 Intake. 81210072 BG
In 1960, as a twenty-year old corporal in the SA Armoured Corps, Johnny Kieser was one of 15 selected South Africans who were sent to England to train as paratroopers and then to return to establish South Africa’s first airborne unit. Under command of Cmdt WP Louw...
One of the founding members of 1 Recce. He was involved in operations like Operation Marion and Operation Katzen, which were linked to the SADF's counter-insurgency efforts.
