by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Aug 26, 2025 | 32 Battalion |
by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Aug 26, 2025 | 1 Recce |
Was awarded the Honoris Crux 20 September 1987
by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Aug 26, 2025 | 32 Battalion |
by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Aug 26, 2025 | 1 Recce, Flechas |
Almerindo Mourão da Costa, was born on the 19th August 1944, in a small village in the north of Portugal. Mourão da Costa was a member of the FLECHAS, elite unit of the DGS in Angola. Almerindo joined the SADF in February of 1975, completed the Special Forces...
by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Aug 26, 2025 | 2 Recce |
Retired Lt/Col served with 2 Recce Regiment until 1992 when the regiment was disbanded. ex Hunter Group officer
by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Aug 26, 2025 | 1 Recce |
He was killed in action on June 23, 1974. He was reportedly the first South African soldier to die in action in the conflict, also known as the Angolan Bush War or Border War.
Cold War Liberation: The Soviet Union and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire in Africa, 1961-1975
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FN Fal Manual
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Mozambican Revolution No.24, March-May 1966
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Mozambican Revolution no.25, June-July 1966
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Angola in Arms Vol.3 No.1, Jan/Feb/Mar 1972
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