Stories

I was in the same action as Dylan, base attack on SWAPO. Dylan was one of the intelligence officers, his grave is in Winterton, near where his family farmed and near where I farmed. We used to visit every year when I li…

Johnny McEwan's platoon (Alpha Co, 5 SAI) died in a shooting accident. After Klaarstaan at the Ruacana Air base, one of his mates discovered that the ejector on his R1 wasn't working. Johnny fiddled with it, cocking it,…

I did section leading with Derek and in the company I rememeber him fondly, and we where listening in on the Radio as his Platoon Leader called in a chopper, you could hear his desperation and sorrow. what a waste John…

Sorry, the story I just added should have been for 1721 Chris Catto Nick Collins

Chris Catto was a lance corporal, Plt 4 Alpha Co, 5 SAI. This occurred in 53 Battalion area. I was in Plt 2, but the P4 guys told us the story. Pl 4 had divided into two sticks. Chris' stick was lying at night in a TB i…

Robert Condo served with me in the dog unit based at Bourkes` Luck. He died during a training exercise.

Smithie, was a great chap and taught many a chap a lesson in boxing, iwas not there when he disappeared, but will always miss his positive attitude towards life he was a well loved man a legend.

William Kerr was born in 1843 in Scotland. He married Annie Hislop in Tradeston, Glasgow in 1864. His trade was given as a Master Draper. He and Annie had four children in Glasgow. One died of scarlet fever and one othe…

James Kerr (mistakenly given as John kerr in the photo file-title) was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1866. His parents were William Kerr, a Master Draper, and Annie Hislop - married in Tradeston, Glasgow in 1864. In 1877…

SAMC Attached John Dovey dovey.john@gmail.com 2012-01-11 01:55:09

Alrighty... I got a response from our guy at the archives. " His file was copied to microfiche and the witness statements from the Board of Enquiry (Handwritten) are difficult to read. I can make out that he was the RPG…

Gerrie, seun van Hendrik Stephanus Samuel Barnard en Ina Barnard. Broer van Neels, Hentie, Frikkie, Jannie en Santie Barnard. Grootgeword in Boksburg. Jan Petrus Barnard jpb@jPBINC

I was Tim's platoon leader atthe time. We we in base in "no-mans-land" a few hundred metres south of the Angolan border. I recall that afternoon the mail arrived and Tim was one of the few who got a parcel from home. We…

Pierre had taken my place at point about 30 minutes before we walked into the ambush , brave and dedicated he was always . Pierre had become a great friend and section corpral , He always got a lift with me on our weeke…

28 Jaar vandag.Mag ons jou nooit vergeet nie!Rus in vrede Johan v/d Spuy

26 years later I still remember the scene of that day as if it was yesterday steve

Ek was gestationeer op Ondangwa tydens die April inval. Ek was die onderofisier aan diens to Lt Els ingekom het, dit was vir my 'n besondere tragiese geval en het my diep geraak. Wat aan ons gese is was dat Lt Els in di…

From: http://www.angloboerwar.com/south-african-units/435-natal-carbineers On Dec. 18 (1899) , Umbulwana "Long Tom" dropped a 100lb shell in the horse lines, when the men were at stables, killing Tprs. Buxton, Milne-Mil…

I came across this website and was shocked to hear about what happened at Wenela base in 1978.I did my first border stint there during January and April 1977,I was 25 at the time and part of Wynberg Commando Regiment ba…

Deon van Aswegen died when doing border duty. He was a gunner at 14 Field Regiment Potchefstroom. He died after a RPG has hit the Buffel at the side he was sitting. He came from Stilfontein Johan Greyling

I was there when Peter was killed in a stupid, careless accident near Jan Kempdorp. If there were correctly trained medics present, his death might have been avoided. I remember that even the ambulance battery was dead.…

And Mr Kirby Thank You.

I want to thank everyone that helped us: Jeff Schur Hans Fouche Koos Moorcroft Rowley Medlin (9F) R.I.P Jeff Burger

As far as I know, Rob met his death in an accident onboard the SAS DRAKENSBERG. I served with Rob in the Navy Permanent Force when we were both mideshipman, and have great memories of an astro-navigation training cruise…

I am assuming this is the same Oosthuizen mentioned in the book, Baanbreek In Die Bos written and published recently by Annie Buitendag, who is the wife of then Cmdt Thys Buitendag, 203 Battalion's commanding officer at…

Herbert Truebody, was one of the best ; great friendly guy, d squadron Rooikop Walvisbay 1977 . we were both in troop1 , he,s call sign was 41 bravo , my was 41 alfa. He was killed in combat on 4th may 1978 at the swapo…

Just wanted to update my email address from kevin@unify.com to kevinb@internode.on.net Kind Regards Kevin Kevin

my name is eric robinson and i was also with 3 sai based at wenela on the night katima was hit. it was our last night of a patrol when we were ordered to walk to the golf base to lend support to the gunners. it was a sp…

Ek is jammer , ek kon niks meer daai oggend doen.

I think this is the Cpl Pelzer who was a Corporal at 4 SAI, Delta Company in Middelburg during my basic training in July 1976, he wasnt my Platoon Sgt but he stood out as a fair corporal, very neat and "paraat" with a g…

Yes, David was mortarist but he was in charge of the 7,62 Browning machine gun that we had with us on that patrol. I remember this well as he had given me a lecture on this gun a few days before. I am not 100% sure but…

Ek boer naby Sheepmoor , klein dorpie naby Ermelo .Weet waar die ongeluk plaasgevind het . Berg suid - wes van Sheepmoor . Sterkte vir julle met verlies , al is dit lank terug .E-pos my vir meer besonderhede of sel no.

76375658BG Rfn Glen Andrew Paul did his National Service with 8 SAI. He died in the operational area on the 18th May 1980 . He was born in East London and attended Cambridge High School for a while. He was one of four c…

Sergeant Cornelius Andries Petrus van Tonder was killed on 10 November 1975 when the Impala Jet he was co-piloting crashed near Nottingham Road, Kwa-Zulu Natal, after hitting a grove of trees. He was a member of Durban'…

I met Hannes in about 1977 while on a course in Heidelberg . I bought my first car, a "sharky" Peugeot 404, from him and became good friends with him. I drove that car with a TAB registration for about 7 years. When Han…

To Garvie Harves, as we affectionately knew him. Was one of my best friends, jeez, did we laugh together! I cant thank him enough for asking his mom if I could move in (twice) when the turmoil of my home life was just t…

I am trying to find out if this person is my great grandfather or not. How would I get in contact with the two people who posted above?

Wynand and I were in the same platoon in Oudtshoorn and returned to 7SAI in June 1984 on completion of JL's. He was a great shot and assisted me on the shooting range, aiding me in getting my silver balkie, which, witho…

Gary was born in Zambia to Kay and Richard (deceased) Walker. He had 2 sisters (Barbara + Susan) and a brother Kelvin. All whom today live in Durban, Natal. He went to a Catholic Boys School in Pietersburg, N Tvl. From…

Unfortunately the stories above are not true. Danny was killed by a SWAPO terrorist AK 47 round to the chest ALMOST a year and a day after Eddie Bloem died in a helicopter accident. Eddie Bloem had just returned from hi…