Units - The African War Stories Archive

Pierre Lundberg

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Nov 12, 2024 | 4 Recce, 44 Parachute Brigade | 0 comments

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...

Hannes Nortmann

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Nov 12, 2024 | 1 Special Service Bn, 32 Battalion | 0 comments

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 Group....

Gregory Ashton

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Nov 12, 2024 | 1 Parachute Battalion, 1 Recce, 2 Recce, 4 South African Infantry Battalion | 0 comments

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 suspicion...

Pierre Lundberg

Hannes Nortmann

Gregory Ashton

John Murphy

Michael Kenneth Hardy

Neil Kriel

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