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Approxemately a month after this tragedy, I was deployed with a SAM 7 team near Cuito under Mike West. Our mission: to shoot down enemy aircraft. After a few near misses on Antonovs, we eventually managed to shoot down…

It has been 23 years, but not forgotten. Raymond and De Rose are are sorely missed. Both Pinetown boys. I served the same years with you guys, in 1 Para, Charlie Company, and I have never forgotten. Till we meet again,…

De Rose and Light are gone, but not forgotten. It has been 23 years now, but the memory, and pain do not fade. We were at the same school and served together at 1 Parachute Battalion. We all feel the loss, and honour th…

Hi Craig, That civilian you are talking about was my father. He was a farmer, but he also worked with 61 Mech when there was swapo infiltrations? My mother had her radio station on the farm, and my father had the bushma…

hy was in 8SAI vir opleiding 82-83 mww

HTML clipboard Alfred George Eatly Died on 18th June 1900 of of wounds received at the battle of Diamond Hill on 12 June 1900 and was buried at Pretoria. Aged 20 David

Only recently stumbled upon this website. The person listed in this page is my dad. I was 3 at the time of his death. His date of birth was 12 February 1954 in Pretoria. Date of death was ?? September 1984. His grave is…

His name was Rudi Marx. He was in HTS Middelburg before he joined the SADF. If I am not mistaken was KIA at Cuito Canavale in 1986. Was laid to rest with full Military honours in Middelburg, Transvaal. The whole town an…

i was medic,was killed by accidental discharge from r4 rifle.shot entered his mouth nothing could be done! god be with his friend who accidently shot him ,god bless. brent henshaw ops medic northern medical brent henshaw

i was the medic. we were standind roadblock between tokoza and kathlehong.was about midnite,car approached and as troops were going to stop car for search ,dimmed lights and accelerated .as past by us red traces filled…

Captain Jacques Guillaume Labuschagne was the 2 Captain on board the ill fated Shackleton flight on the 8 August 1963. Charmagne Goncalves nee Labuschagne his eldest daughter

Norman Franzsen was a Private in the South African Mounted rifles Regiment. Unit Text: Depot Staff Date of Death: 16/12/1914 Service No: 3164. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave Ref: D.R. 1788 Cemetery: Pretoria…

I think of Wane, Jean, Hughes, Dirk, Raymond and Nic so often. They were so young it is difficult to believe it has been 23 years. It is really good to see others remember them too. The evening before the attack Raymond…

Ja, ek het ook vir Louis en sy familie geken, ons was saam op Oudtshoorn op skool - hy Weermag toe en ek na die SAP. Hy (en ek) get gelewe vir ons beroepe. Ek is later getroud, Louis 'n bietjie later. Ons het mekaar ger…

Russel was my room mate at boarding school at Klerksdorp Techinical High School in 1980, the year we wrote Matric. We played hockey together and he was a great friend and up today we miss him. Rest in peace Russel.

I too was a gunner on the G5's, the same as JP. If my memory serves me correct, he drowned in a river in Angola whilst we were busy withdrawing after ops displace Gunner

L-Kpl SC Trollip was van 2Regiment de la Rey. Tydens die agtervolging van onwettige emigrante (deurlopers) uit Mosambiek het hy naby Krokkedilbrug-kamp in die Nasionele Kruger Wildtuin, in die Krokkedil-rivier vermis ge…

Les I often think about you and that terrible day. Rest in peace.

Rfn Boshoff drowned while crossing the Kunene River between Namibia and Angola on the 20th or 21st June 1984. He, Rfn. L. Wasas and myself went across on a log to Angola and had to swim back to Namibia as the log had di…

Ernest Herbert was born in Shipham Somerset, I am not certain when he joined the army, but he certainly sailed on the ship Britain with the 2nd SLI in 1899 and landed at Cape Town, I have seen his SA medal and it has fo…

Too many sad stories / events which happened. I was at Nkongo as a corporal / driver in 79 /80 and think so much about the times up there and tragic loss of such good young friends of which memories will remain etched i…

Ek het in junie 1984 ingeklaar te 7sai te Delta Komp.my pel bev was 2lt Armstrong.Ek dink my peleton sersant was Kpl Oddendal.Ek is na die JL peleton wat na Infanterie Skool moes gaan . Ek onthou een middag nadat ons kl…

I believe that he grew up in Rheederspark, Welkom, in the Free State and attended Welkom High School. The name, the date, the unit and the manner of KIA are all consistent.

If correct the person was part of our platoon and died during an ambush while returning from Oshikati to Ondangwa being part of two Buffels that escorted a school bus that came from Grootfontein to Oshikati. Sitting on…

Rfn Senekal was indeed fatally wounded at Pereira d'Eca. He was a member of 2 SAI Bn Gp.

Vic Betteridge is quite correct. Rfn Scheepers was part of a group who were clearing all the islands downriver from Calueque Dam and fell into the water and drowned. He was with 2 SAI Bn Gp.

WO2 JJ Burger was my CSM during National Service during 1975 at 2 SAI Bn Gp in Walvis Bay. He was very involved in Ops Savannah - there is quite a bit of reference to him in books on the war at that time.

So many years ago, but still remember your faces like yesterday , U our hero's !!!!!!

Samuel Arthur Screech was my great grandfather; born in Gosport, Hampshire, England, in July 1862 and died in SA on March 17th. 1900 while serving on HMS Doris. He was awarded the Goodenough and QSA medals.

Further to that already added, Lourens Pieter Arnoldus was born on 10 October 1835 to Johannes Albertus and Judith Margaretha Gildenhuizen (he was their fourth child but first son). Lourens married Sara Johanna Eksteen…

Edward was a bright and charming young man and his loss was sorely felt, he was doing his battle phase training at Lohatla Army Battle School as part of his NCO's course when he was tragically killed in an Samel acciden…

Col Peter John Knight, MMM

Was also with Steve on this unfortunate day. We were riding donkeys at the beginning of the shona and still have the photos of the antics . We had not moved to far on before we were fired upon from the stick houses on t…

He was the RSM of 5 Maintenace Unit and was killed by an landmine explosion Knight P.

I am Tamryn Burger my Dad Louis Burger nicknamed Vaaitjiie is Dawie's brother. Dawie birthday was 3rd October 1956, he dies when he was 21 and he was not flying the helicopter as some people like to believe, they flew i…

Cpl Moag joined us on an ops driving one of the Buffels of a Romeo Mike team.We were making our way out of the area following a contact had stopped the vehicle convoy overnight in a standard circular temporay base.Willi…

He left hehind his wife, Marie and 2 sons, Frank and Gerhard. He was transferred from 12 Squadron just a months before the accident.

Willie De Vos fell in an ambush near beacon 32 on 21 June 1979. (From the book-"Buffalo Battalion by L.J. Bothma") Chris

I am the only eye witness to what happened. Minnie and I were in Platoon 6, HQ Coy, Inf School. The platoon was tasked with establishing a formal roadblock facility as part of our TEINOPS. This facility comprised 16X32?…

Killed in action on 12 January 1979; landmine explosion at Etale.