SADF
Francois J. “Frans” Van Staden
Steph Naude
Lino Morais
Peter M. Lipman
João Adão
Brett Fortune
Lucas Dumbe
Jaime Damiao
Fred J. Zeelie
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.
Owen Harold Croft
John Kieser
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...
Michael Mingay
Oshakati
Sector 10 was established in 1975 as the headquarters of one of the 7 geographical areas within South-West Africa used by the SADF to control and coordinate military operations. Sector 10 was the sector in the Operational Area covering the north-western part of SWA...
Miershoop
Miershoop Base was a South African Defence Force (SADF) military base, named after a large termite mound ("Miershoop" in Afrikaans) in the area, located in the 53 Battalion area of operations.
Okankolo
Okankolo were SAP COIN bases built by SAP COIN but handed over to the SADF in circa 1980 or early 1981 to 53Bn