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

Eddie “Big Daddy” Viljoen

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Special Force HQ, South African Border War, South African, Special Forces

Eric McNelly

32 Battalion, South African Border War, Angolan, SADF

Feliciano Costa

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

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

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

Frans “Gor-Gor” Gunther

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...

1 Recce, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Fred J. Zeelie

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

Gabriel Fernando

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

Gary G. Bennetts

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

Gavin Michael Christie

Honoris Crux Recipient

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

Gavin Monn

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

George Toweel

1 Parachute Battalion, 44 Parachute Brigade, 5 Recce, South African Border War, SADF, South African, Special Forces

Gert Jacobus “Kitcha” Kitching

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

Gert Massyn

61 Mechanised Battalion Group, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Gert van Zyl

1 Parachute Battalion, 1 Recce, 2 Recce, 4 South African Infantry Battalion, South African Border War, SADF, South African, Special Forces

Gregory Ashton

He was a sergeant in 1 Recce Commando, qualifying in 1977. After years of operations, including as a mountaineering instructor, and team leader, he left for Wits University to study further. Soon, he was back at 1 Recce Regiment and eyed (wrongly) with much...

3 South African Infantry Battalion, Sector 10 HQ, Special Force HQ, South African Border War, SADF, South African

Gregory Nicholas “MadDog” McEwan

61 Mechanised Battalion Group, South African Border War, SADF, South African

H.G. Smit