Barry Stranack was born in Durban, South Africa in 1945, and grew up in the then Rhodesia. Barry served with the Rhodesian Light Infantry, the renowned 5 Command 'Wild Geese' of the Congo, the Rhodesian Regiment and the counter insurgency Special Forces Rhodesian...
The Greys Scouts were raised as a mounted infantry unit at Incomo. They perpetuated the name of the volunteer unit raised during the Matabele Rebelion. The unit was formed as a mixed race unit of 150 to 200 men
C Squadron, SAS Regiment was formed during the Malayan Emergency by volunteers from Rhodesia. It was disbanded in 1953 and became the nucleus of "C" Squadron (Rhodesian) Special Air Service, operational from 1961. In June 1978 "C" Squadron (Rhodesian) Special Air...
The 1st Battalion, Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI), commonly The Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), was a regiment formed in 1961 at Brady Barracks (Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia) as a light infantry unit within the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Barely...
The Selous Scouts /səˈluː/ was a special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army that operated during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1973 until the reconstitution of the country as Zimbabwe in 1980. It was mainly responsible for infiltrating the black majority population of...
17.11.1975 awarded SCR (Corporal) (3 Troop) 17.12.1976 awarded BCR (Sergeant) (3 Troop)
born 27.10.1954, son of Mr & Mrs. C.J. Van Der Merwe of Noordhoek, Bloemfontein
15.07.1971 awarded CAC
11.11.1978 awarded DMM
15.07.1971 awarded CAC
born 28.08.1943, Cape Town, South Africa. father Denis Hamilton Woods (1911-1977). mother Daphne Mary (nee Geddie) (1919-1996)
