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Listed on Fort Klapperkop Wall as "P.H.J. Holtshausen" John Dovey

Listed on Klapperkop as "* J.D. ERNESTE" John Dovey

THE SADF Man Who Died In Angola Identified PRETORIA Sept 11 1992 Sapa Pathologists have established that the remains of a South African Army medical orderly killed by enemy action while travelling with a Unita convoy in…

I was a platoon commander at 32Bn and flew in this aircraft about 30 minutes before it was shot down. It was an older L-model Puma helicopter as I recall and I joked with Grobler about flying in "this old aircraft", to…

Listed on Klapperkop wall as "* G. H. Du RAND" John Dovey

Andries Kunz joined the army on 21 february 1940. His unit was the South African Corps Military Police at Voortrekkerhoogte in Pretoria. He was promoted Corporal on 1 August 1940 and embarked at Durban on the S S lea De…

5 Signals Regiment links: Linked in Group Stuart's Story 5 SIG on Google Earth JD

(with limited info available, i'm not sure if this is the person i'm referring to) He (Patterson) served with me in 1SSB in 1989. We did a couple of months in Lohatla, in preparation for deployment in SWA. Good times -…

I also served with Herbert in 2SSB and can confirm he was a great guy. We did basics together in 1997 at Rooikop. Not sure what happened with the Eland 90 after the incident, but can confirm that he was a Troup Leader a…

This is an account of the events that led to the death of Lt Roos. In May 1966 the Air Force was making preparations for the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Republic of South Africa, scheduled for 31 May. A…

The citation for Johannes Conga's deed of bravery which merited the Honoris Crux (Postumous) reads: On 12 September, 1979, a security patrol of section strength was sent from a company base to secure a particular area.…

Name: ACUTT Initials: D M Nationality: South African Rank: Private Regiment/Service: First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Force: --> Age: 25 Date of Death: 16/04/1945 Service No: 75793V Additional information:…

Name: ABRAHAMSON Initials: D R Nationality: South African Rank: Private Regiment/Service: First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Force: --> Age: 21 Date of Death: 22/06/1944 Service No: 8719V Additional informati…

Sector 10 - Enemy action - Contact John Dovey

De Doorns - Military vehicle accident - Motorcycle accident John Dovey

Ops area - enemy action - contact John Dovey

Kamieskroon - Military vehicle accident John Dovey

Schackleton 1718 crashed in the Stetteynskloof mountains near Rawsonville in the Western Cape after encountering bad weather on a training exercise, with the loss of all 13 crew members. The aircraft was on it's way to…

SAAF Member - Kamieskroon - Military vehicle accident John Dovey

Schackleton 1718 crashed in the Stetteynskloof mountains near Rawsonville in the Western Cape after encountering bad weather on a training exercise, with the loss of all 13 crew members. The aircraft was on it's way to…

Military vehicle accident - Armour car rolled and fell on member John Dovey

A flight on the 25th Nov 1971 of WASP 83, that was aboard SAS President Steyn, returning from France for the acceptance of submarine SAS Emily Hobhouse, ended in tragedy. While the ship was in Luanda for a courtesy call…

Mariental - Military vehicle accident John Dovey

Died of wounds - died after suffering serious burns in a mortar attack (Phosphor) - Etale - Freak accident John Dovey

De Brug - Shooting insident - Accident John Dovey

I do not know the exact circumstance of Jeff's death other than what we were told. The story is that after Tiffy's School he was posted to the Border. He was told to repair a tank, he jumped in, lit up his torch and the…

This is probably "Daniels, J." from the list on the Klapperkop Monument John Dovey

This is probably "Cahasa, A" as listed on the Klapperkop monument John Dovey

This is probably "Botha, D" as listed on the Klapperkop monument.

Hi Christo my name is Ruan Kurt Gagiano. My father's name is Enrico Gagiano and Kurt was his brother. They lived in Tsumeb at that time with his other brother and parents. I got my name from Kurt. My dad is still in the…

Adendum to my story above: It was Sergeant 'Lappies' Labuschagne that drove the vehicle and later received the HC for his actions on this days, not Staff Sergeant Swart. Also casevaced that day was Private Spencer, a me…

Myself and Eric Henderson were told to pick up someone from the battlefield, it was chaos with enemy fire and bombs exploding all around us. We ran to the person lying on the ground, he had been hit by a bullet , it loo…

I'm not sure if this is the same person, but a Van Cittert is listed as one of the Boer casualties at the Battle of Elandslaagte. His name appears on the monument erected in honour of the Boers killed in the battle.

The accident happened while I was part of the SA Air Force in SWA in 1987, at Ondangwa Air Force Base. Capt Stapa and a Major (Still remember his surname) flew a bombing sortie with Impalas on a cloudy evening (Saturday…

One of my lingering memories - there are many is when we were busy with the advanced stage of training at Magoebaskloof south of Tzaneen in 1982, and had to complete one of our regular long runs. Dave gave us lot a good…

Steve was in the equestrian section. He was a nice guy and we met at 1SAI during basics.

Eddie was the stopper group with Venter in an ambush in the Jati above Etale near St Mary's. They were attacked from the side and both of them died. He was a very tidy soldier and very popular. His death affected the se…

SAPPERS NEVER DIE; THEY JUST SWEEP THE ROAD TO HEAVEN. O the Home of My Soul is on High Gerhard Fourie

My Brother Rifleman IR Whitehead was wounded in the same incident as the death of Corporal Chris Catto. He never really recovered from his experiences during the border war and passed away in 2005. The sad part is that…

This is amazing, an end to the story, He is on the wall of rememberance, Thank you John Dovey, Rowley Medlin, Gert Opperman and others involved. How joyfull it is. Reuben (Butch) Coskey