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

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

All (11) South African Defence Force (10) Union Defence Force (1)

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Force	Regiment	Corps	Date of Death
29259	Apollis	Pieter	P	Corporal	SADF	Cape Corps	South African Cape Corps	1985-07-09
29475	Bock	Jacobus Gert	J G	Rifleman	SADF	53 Battalion	South African Infantry Corps	1988-11-13
29476	Bodenstein	Hermanus Pieter	H P	Air Corporal	SADF		South African Air Force	1963-10-12
31264	Le Roux	Johannes Andries	J A	Rifleman	SADF	53 Battalion	South African Infantry Corps	1987-10-09
31385	Lotter	Lucas Frederick	L F	Major	SADF	53 Battalion	South African Infantry Corps	1988-04-18
31386	Lotter	Marthinus Johannes	M J	Private	UDF	Special Service Battalion	South African Armoured Corps	1937-04-28
32325	Ntoba (nthoba)	Colin Klaas	C K	Rifleman	SADF	53 Battalion	South African Infantry Corps	1987-09-27
32327	Ntshalaka	Colin Klaas	M E	Rifleman	SADF			1993-01-01
32584	Prins	Rionell	R	Rifleman	SADF	53 Battalion	South African Infantry Corps	1988-09-28
32752	Roux	Barend Cornelius	B C	Sergeant	SADF	53 Battalion	South African Infantry Corps	1979-08-15
33404	Van Den Bergh	Jacobus Frederick	J F	Rifleman	SADF	53 Battalion	South African Infantry Corps	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	1 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	Unknown	1959-12-04
Jordaan, Johannes Hendrik	Able Bodied Seaman	SAS President Steyn	1963-12-16
Jordaan, Joseph Benjamin Ruben	Rifleman	Unknown	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	Unknown	1985-11-05
Smuts, Willem Stephanus	Trooper	1 Special Service Battalion	1978-08-23
Snaddon, David Lanian James	Second Lieutenant	Unknown	1986-08-16
Snell, Douglas Brian	Lance Corporal	11 Commando	1975-07-21
Van Der Leeuw, Norman Cecil	Sapper	Unknown	1987-02-27
Van Der Linde, Michael Johannes	Staff Sergeant	Unknown	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	Unknown	1988-02-19
Van Der Merwe, Charles Lloyd	Corporal	Unknown	1976-07-14
Van Der Merwe, Dawid Schalk	Rifleman	Unknown	1984-09-19
Van Der Merwe, Desmond Reginald	Rifleman	Gordonia Commando	1987-12-08
Van Der Merwe, Fouche	Corporal	Sector 40	1988-10-06
Van Der Merwe, Frederick Johannes	Rifleman	Infantry School Oudtshoorn	1980-05-19
Van Der Walt, Nicolaas Jacobus	Rifleman	Unknown	1980-11-12
Van Der Walt, Peter John	Rifleman	Unknown	1975-03-24
Van Der Walt, Petrus (pierre)	Second Lieutenant	Unknown	1980-06-04
Van Der Walt, Thomas James		Unknown	1976-09-29
Van Der Walt, Tjaart Johannes	Private	4 South African Infantry Battalion	1922-03-12