South African Units
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32 Battalion, 5 Recce, Rhodesian Bush War, South African Border War, Rhodesian Army, SADF, Special Forces
Jim McGuire
Jim Maguire (46) a former Royal Marine from London who went on to serve in the Rhodesian and South African special forces, was a mercenary in Ivory Coast for three months.
Jim Reeves
Warrant Officer 2nd Class Jim Reeves, 5 Reconnaissance Commando. "Jim Reeves" (nom de guerre) was born in the Portuguese Colony of Cape Verde Islands on 13 August 1959. At age 18, he volunteered to join the South African Defence Force, shortly after the Portuguese...
Johan D. Basson
Rfn Johan D. Basson 3 SAI, O Coy, 1984 Intake. 83589515BG, Johannesburg
Johan F. “Jurie” Bezuidenhout
Rfn. F J Bezuidenhout, 3 SAI, O Coy, 1984 Intake. 81210072 BG
Johannes Conga
Awarded the Honoris Crux in 1980 for his action on 12 Sep 1979
Johannes Hendrik van der Merwe
Awarded the Honoris Crux for his action during Operation Coolidge
Johannes L. “Kenaas” Conradie
Awarded the VAN RIEBEECK MEDAL (VRM)
John Kieser
In 1960, as a twenty-year old corporal in the SA Armoured Corps, Johnny Kieser was one of 15 selected South Africans who were sent to England to train as paratroopers and then to return to establish South Africa’s first airborne unit. Under command of Cmdt WP Louw...
John Reeves More
One of the founding members of 1 Recce. He was involved in operations like Operation Marion and Operation Katzen, which were linked to the SADF's counter-insurgency efforts.
José “Mr T” Da Costa
Da Costa was born in Lobito, then a lively coastal town in the Benguela province of Angola, to a white Portuguese father and a mother from one of the local tribes. In early 1976 Da Costa arrived at Buffalo Base in the Western Caprivi with a group of ex-FNLA...
