John van Zyl

South African served in the Rhodesian Army

John applied to join the SAS but was told he had to do his basic training with the RLI first. He then underwent the very rigorous SAS selection course and although he passed he decided to join the RLI and was imbedded with 14 Troop 3 Commando. John is the joint presenter (with Hannes Wessels) of the extremely interesting “Fighting men of Rhodesia” series on Youtube.

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Service History

joined Rhodesian Light Infantry 3 Commando 14 Troop

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