32 Battalion

32 Battalion, Mozambican War of Independence, Portuguese Colonial War, South African Border War, Portuguese, SADF

Francisco Daniel “Danny” Roxo

Staff Sergeant Francisco Daniel "Danny" Roxo (1933–1976) was a Portuguese soldier from Mozambique. Born in Portugal, he moved to Portuguese East Africa as a civil servant, before working as a big game hunter in the Niassa Province. During his military career, Roxo...

32 Battalion, 4 South African Infantry Battalion, Infantry School, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Francois J. “Frans” Van Staden

32 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Frans “FL” Smit

1 Recce, 32 Battalion, 4 Recce, South African Border War, SADF, South African, Special Forces

Frans J. Fourie

During his career, he went on many operations, mostly with the seaborne specialists, 4 Recce. Some were spectacular, like Ops Kerslig where he won the Honoris Crux and many more. His list of decorations besides the Honoris Crux (HC) is the Southern Cross Medal...

32 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Gavin Monn

32 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Hannes “Zibbie” Joubert

1 Special Service Bn, 32 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Hannes Nortmann

He started his career at 1SSB and then attended the School of Armour after becoming involved in the development of the Rooikat armoured fighting vehicle. But it was in Southern Angola where he made his name commanding the armour part of 32 Battalion’s Support...

32 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Harper Martin Geldenhuys

32 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

J.H. Smith

32 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

J.J. Coelho

3 South African Infantry Battalion, 32 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

J.P. “Ickes” Uekermann

32 Battalion, South African Border War, Angolan, SADF

Jaime Damiao

32 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

James Conroy

1 Recce, 32 Battalion, 44 Parachute Brigade, South African Border War, SADF, South African, Special Forces

Jan Dirk Breytenbach

Breytenbach attended the Army Gymnasium in 1950, and was awarded the Sword of Peace in 1953 and joined the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm after serving in the Armoured Corps and saw service in the Suez Crisis in 1956. He rejoined the South African Defence Force in 1961...

32 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

32 Battalion

Francisco Daniel “Danny” Roxo

Francois J. “Frans” Van Staden

Frans “FL” Smit

Frans J. Fourie

Gavin Monn

Hannes “Zibbie” Joubert

Hannes Nortmann

Harper Martin Geldenhuys

J.H. Smith

J.J. Coelho

J.P. “Ickes” Uekermann

Jaime Damiao

James Conroy

Jan Dirk Breytenbach

Jan Hougaard

Jeremais Segunda

Jim McGuire

Jim Savoury

João “Apollo” Apolinário

João Adão