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

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

Blue Kelly

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

Bobby Keller

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

Brett Fortune

31 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Brian du Preez

Special Force HQ, South African Border War, Special Forces

Brian Westwood

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

Charlie Loxton

101 Battalion, Rhodesian African Rifles, South African Units, Rhodesian Bush War, South African Border War, Rhodesian, Rhodesian Army, SADF, South African

Chris Garland served with distinction with the Rhodesian Light Infantry before joining the SADF as an officer at 121 Zulu Bn (he speaks Zulu fluently). After that, he joined 101 Bn, the Romeo Mike Bn, of the SWATF. In the early 1990s he retired as a Lt Col.

101 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Chris Schutte

1 Parachute Battalion, Executive Outcomes, Angolan Civil War, South African Border War, PMC, SADF, South African

Cobus Claassens

Cobus Claassens is a former South African Army paratrooper, mercenary, and security consultant. He is known for his work with the private military company Executive Outcomes in the 1990s and has since become a managing director for a risk management firm.

4 Recce, South African Border War, South African, Special Forces

Coenraad Frederick Wilke

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

Connie van Wyk

31 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Danie van den Berg

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

Dave van der Merwe

4 Recce, South African Border War, South African, Special Forces

Dawid Hermanus Fourie

awarded the Honoris Crux for his actions and bravery in the operational Area on 6 September 1978

31 Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Delville Linford

Delville Linford, born in Potchefstroom on 23 July 1930, matriculated in 1948 and joined the Active Citizen Force. A few years later he enrolled at he Army Gymnasium. In 1953 he attended the Army College as a trainer instructor and gained first place, then...

32 Battalion, SAS C Squadron, Rhodesian Bush War, South African Border War, SADF

Deon “Falcon” Ferreira

He was born on New Years day 1946 in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa and matriculated from Graaf Reniet High School. He was the son of Alwyn Burger Ferreira and Hester Magdalena (Bosman) Ferreira

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

Deon Botes

Rfn. Deon Botes, 3 SAI, O Coy, 1984 Intake. 81014235, Benoni

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

Don Brown

1 Recce, 4 Recce, South African Border War, South African, Special Forces

Douw Steyn

awarded the HC in 1975

5 Recce, Executive Outcomes, South African Border War, PMC, South African, Special Forces

Duncan Rykaart

Retired after commanding the South African 5 Recce Regiment, then with Executive Outcomes in Angola, The first commander for EO in Sierra Leone, then founded his own company with some interesting contracts in Libya, then in Sudan against US backed troops