Rfn. Sarel Brits, 3 SAI, O Coy, 1984 Intake. 80411937, Vanderbijlpark
South African
Deon Botes
Rfn. Deon Botes, Â 3 SAI, O Coy, 1984 Intake. 81014235, Benoni
Johan F. “Jurie” Bezuidenhout
Rfn. F J Bezuidenhout, 3 SAI, O Coy, 1984 Intake. 81210072 BG
Okalongo
An SADF army base at Okalongo, 8km from the Angolan border.
Johannes Conga
Awarded the Honoris Crux in 1980 for his action on 12 Sep 1979
Danie van den Berg
Sigmund Hjelmar “Ziggy” Hentze
Went to Abbots College in Cape Town, grew up in Walvisbaai Interviews
Ben Wolff
George Toweel
Mattheus Mtoka
William Grimes
Brian du Preez
Frans “Gor-Gor” Gunther
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 converted...
Douw Steyn
awarded the HC in 1975
AFB Grootfontein
AFB Grootfontein was a major air field used as a staging area for many SAAF operations into Angola - especially with the Buccaneers and Canberras