53 Battalion

Battalion

11 records in this database

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Formation	Type	Relationship	Dates
Other listed units (not nested under a brigade above) › Modular Infantry Battalions under South West Africa Command	Category	organic
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Personnel

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Regiment	Unit	Date of Death
29259	Apollis	Pieter	P	Corporal		53 Battalion	1985-07-09
29475	Bock	Jacobus Gert	J G	Rifleman		53 Battalion	1988-11-13
29476	Bodenstein	Hermanus Pieter	H P	Air Corporal		53 Battalion	1963-10-12
31264	Le Roux	Johannes Andries	J A	Rifleman		53 Battalion	1987-10-09
31385	Lotter	Lucas Frederick	L F	Major		53 Battalion	1988-04-18
31386	Lotter	Marthinus Johannes	M J	Private	Special Service Battalion	53 Battalion	1937-04-28
32325	Ntoba (nthoba)	Colin Klaas	C K	Rifleman		53 Battalion	1987-09-27
32327	Ntshalaka	Colin Klaas	M E	Rifleman	SA Army	53 Battalion	1993-01-01
32584	Prins	Rionell	R	Rifleman		53 Battalion	1988-09-28
32752	Roux	Barend Cornelius	B C	Sergeant		53 Battalion	1979-08-15
33404	Van Den Bergh	Jacobus Frederick	J F	Rifleman		53 Battalion	1980-06-19

Attached to this unit

Home unit recorded elsewhere, but attached to 53 Battalion per their record.

Name	Rank	Home Unit	Date of Death
Jordaan, Hendrik Kasper	Rifleman	1st SWA Specialist Unit	1981-04-03
Jordaan, Johannes Dawid	Warrant Officer Class II	3 South African Infantry Battalion	1999-02-02
Jordaan, Johannes Hendrik	Candidate Officer	17 Sqdn.	1959-12-04
Jordaan, Johannes Hendrik	Able Bodied Seaman	SAS President Steyn	1963-12-16
Jordaan, Joseph Benjamin Ruben	Rifleman	3 South African Infantry Battalion	1979-08-18
Jordaan, Ockert Jacobus	Corporal	SAS President Steyn	1965-03-15
Jordaan, Pieter Johannes	Private	92 Ammunition Depot	1982-12-22
Kretzman, Lawrence Dennis	Rifleman	11 Kimberley Commando	1987-08-24
Smuts, Nicolaas Willem	Rifleman	1 Parachute Battalion	1985-11-05
Smuts, Willem Stephanus	Trooper	1 Special Service Battalion	1978-08-23
Snaddon, David Lanian James	Second Lieutenant	101 Sqdn.	1986-08-16
Snell, Douglas Brian	Lance Corporal	11 Commando	1975-07-21
Van Der Leeuw, Norman Cecil	Sapper	5 Military Works Unit	1987-02-27
Van Der Linde, Michael Johannes	Staff Sergeant	5 Reconnaissance Regiment	1980-02-17
Van Der Merwe, Abraham Daniel	Trooper	1 Special Service Battalion	1978-08-23
Van Der Merwe, Adriaan Johannes	Private	1 Special Service Battalion	1976-05-21
Van Der Merwe, Andries Petrus	Private	31 Battalion	1979-11-09
Van Der Merwe, Anton Bela	Sergeant	Regiment Hillcrest	1989-01-20
Van Der Merwe, Anton Johannes	Corporal	Cape Regiment	1988-02-19
Van Der Merwe, Charles Lloyd	Corporal	11 Sqdn.	1976-07-14
Van Der Merwe, Dawid Schalk	Rifleman	1 South African Infantry Battalion	1984-09-19
Van Der Merwe, Desmond Reginald	Rifleman	Gordonia Commando	1987-12-08
Van Der Merwe, Fouche	Corporal	Unknown	1988-10-06
Van Der Merwe, Frederick Johannes	Rifleman	Infantry School Oudtshoorn	1980-05-19
Van Der Walt, Nicolaas Jacobus	Rifleman	3 South African Infantry Battalion	1980-11-12
Van Der Walt, Peter John	Rifleman	4 South African Infantry Battalion	1975-03-24
Van Der Walt, Petrus (pierre)	Second Lieutenant	32 (Buffalo) Battalion	1980-06-04
Van Der Walt, Thomas James		4 South African Infantry Battalion	1976-09-29
Van Der Walt, Tjaart Johannes	Private	4 South African Infantry Battalion	1922-03-12