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4th Reconnaissance Regiment

Regiment

Name history

4th Reconnaissance Regiment (until 1995) — this name
4 Special Forces Regiment (from 1995)
Reconnaissance Regiments redesignated Special Forces Regiments, 1995. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Special_Forces

10 records in this database

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Part of

Formation	Type	Relationship	Dates
Special Forces Brigade	Brigade	organic	1995-01-01
Renamed from "45 Parachute Brigade" in 1995; still the current Special Forces parent formation.

Eras

Dates	Force	Role	Status
1981-01-01	SADF	Special Forces (reconnaissance)	Regular Force
Each numbered Reconnaissance unit was renamed over time: "X Reconnaissance Commando" -> "X Reconnaissance Regiment" (1981) -> briefly a Parachute Battalion designation (1992/93, under "45 Parachute Brigade", a Special-Forces-only designation distinct from the real 44 Parachute Brigade) -> "X Special Forces Regiment" (1995). The parent formation itself changed name several times before 1995 (Special Forces Headquarters, then Directorate Reconnaissance(Forces)) with disputed exact dates between sources -- 1995 is the one date sources agree on. Corps classified as SAIC (South African Infantry Corps) per this site's own records; no independent source found confirms that for Special Forces units specifically -- treat as owner-asserted pending a better citation. Source

Personnel

10 on the roll across 2 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (10) South African Defence Force (9) South African National Defence Force (1)

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Force	Regiment	Corps	Unit	Date of Death
33806	Waterhouse	Nicolaas Phillipus Johannes	G B	Second Lieutenant	SADF	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	South African Infantry Corps	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	1992-01-01
33394	Van Breda	Louis Pieter	L P	Corporal	SADF	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	South African Infantry Corps	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	1985-05-21
31821	McIntosh	William Robert	W R	Captain	SADF	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	South African Infantry Corps	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	1982-10-08
31577	Mapasa	Mncedisi	M	Corporal	SANDF	4th Reconnaissance Regiment		4th Reconnaissance Regiment	1999-12-20
31334	Liebenberg	Rowland Ridgard	R R	Corporal	SADF	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	South African Infantry Corps	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	1985-05-21
30625	Hardenberg	Clive Roland	C R	Corporal	SADF	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	South African Infantry Corps	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	1980-07-10
30583	Haasbroek	Pieter Gabriel Jacobus	P G J	Corporal	SADF	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	South African Infantry Corps	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	1990-02-14
30125	Du Plessis	Douw Gerbrand	D G	Private	SADF	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	South African Infantry Corps	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	1985-04-10
29853	Courtenay	William Paul	W P	Sergeant	SADF	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	South African Infantry Corps	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	1982-09-12
29579	Brauckmann	Heinrich William	H W	Lieutenant	SADF	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	South African Infantry Corps	4th Reconnaissance Regiment	1985-08-30