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
Oliveira Martin ‘Ollie’ Gomes
Oliveira Martin Gomes was separated from his family as a teenager in the chaos of the Angolan Civil War and found his way to Walvis Bay, South Africa. It was there were he was recruited into the newly formed 32 Battalion, having shown a proficiency in English and a...
Peter Baxter
Peter Baxter was the youngest (18 years & 3 months old) Regular Officer Commissioned off a Regular Officer Cadets Course in the Rhodesian Army. This cadet course was extremely lucky to have the training in classical warfare done when Rhodesia had 2 troops of...
Peter McAleese
McAleese served in the British Army's Parachute Regiment and Special Air Service (SAS), the Rhodesian Special Air Service and British South Africa Police, and South Africa's 44 Parachute Brigade. As a mercenary or contractor, he worked in countries including South...
Pierre Lundberg
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...
