awarded the Honoris Crux for his actions and bravery in the operational Area on 6 September 1978
Special Forces
Amilcar Manuel Rodriques Goncalves Queiroz
Awarded the Honoris Crux for his actions and bravery on 21 May 1985, during Operations Argon Queiroz served in the South African Special Forces from 1975 to 1990. Decoration: He was awarded the Honoris Crux, the highest military decoration for bravery in South...
Jacobus J. Potgieter
Honoris Crux Recipient
Gavin Michael Christie
Warrant Officer 2 (WO2) Gavin Michael Christie was a highly decorated member of the South African Special Forces, specifically the 4 Reconnaissance Commando. He was awarded the Honoris Crux (HC) medal, which was the highest South African military decoration for...
John Reeves More
One of the founding members of 1 Recce. He was involved in operations like Operation Marion and Operation Katzen, which were linked to the SADF's counter-insurgency efforts.
Jan Dirk Breytenbach
Breytenbach attended the Army Gymnasium in 1950, and was awarded the Sword of Peace in 1953 and joined the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm after serving in the Armoured Corps and saw service in the Suez Crisis in 1956. He rejoined the South African Defence Force in 1961 and...
Jacobus Johannes “Koos” Moorcroft
Awarded the VAN RIEBEECK MEDAL (VRM)
Johannes L. “Kenaas” Conradie
Awarded the VAN RIEBEECK MEDAL (VRM)
Trevor Ian Floyd
Ronald Alan Cook
Jim Reeves
Warrant Officer 2nd Class Jim Reeves, 5 Reconnaissance Commando. "Jim Reeves" (nom de guerre) was born in the Portuguese Colony of Cape Verde Islands on 13 August 1959. At age 18, he volunteered to join the South African Defence Force, shortly after the Portuguese...
Gert Jacobus “Kitcha” Kitching
Duncan Rykaart
Retired after commanding the South African 5 Recce Regiment, then with Executive Outcomes in Angola, The first commander for EO in Sierra Leone, then founded his own company with some interesting contracts in Libya, then in Sudan against US backed troops
Eric McNelly
Johan Christiaan Gericke “Roes” Terblanche
