South African Units
1 Parachute Battalion1 Recce1 South African Infantry Battalion1 Special Service Bn101 Battalion2 Recce24 Squadron3 South African Infantry Battalion31 Battalion32 Battalion4 Recce4 South African Infantry Battalion44 Parachute Brigade5 Recce5 South African Infantry Battalion61 Mechanised Battalion Group8 South African Infantry BattalionInfantry SchoolKoevoetSector 10 HQSpecial Force HQ
“Buttons” Heyns
Born in Windhoek 1959. Grew up in Otjiwarango and Tsumeb.
5 Recce, Executive Outcomes, Rhodesian Light Infantery, Selous Scouts, Rhodesian Bush War, South African Border War, PMC, Rhodesian, Rhodesian Army, Special Forces
Albert Godfrey “Bert” Sachse
Bert Sachse commanded the South African Army's 5 Reconnaissance Regiment (5 Recce) during two different periods. He first led the regiment as a commandant from 1983 to 1984, and later returned as a colonel to serve a second term as commander from 1990 to 1993....
Alfred Desmond “Mac” McCallum
Son of James Frank William McCallum
1 Recce, Flechas, Angolan War of Independence, Portuguese Colonial War, South African Border War, Portuguese, Special Forces
Almerindo Mourão da Costa
Almerindo Mourão da Costa, was born on the 19th August 1944, in a small village in the north of Portugal. Mourão da Costa was a member of the FLECHAS, elite unit of the DGS in Angola. Almerindo joined the SADF in February of 1975, completed the Special Forces...
Amedeo Di Castri
Rfn Amedeo Di Castri, 3 SAI, O Coy, 1984 Intake. 82532417BG, Kemptonpark
Amilcar Manuel Rodriques Goncalves Queiroz
Awarded the Honoris Crux for his actions and bravery on 21 May 1985, during Operations Argon
Andries L. “Dries” Marais
Awarded the Honoris Crux for his action during Operation Reindeer
