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Deon Ferreira
Lieutenant General Deon Ferreira (died 2002) was a South African Army officer. He served as Chief of Joint Operations before his retirement. Early life Military career He served in the infantry corps and later with the rank of colonel commanded 32 Battalion from 1978 - 1982 in the Bush War. He commanded 20 Brigade and Natal Command. Before being appointed as CJ Ops he was the commander of Eastern Transvaal Command until 1997. Awards and decorations * * * * * * * * * * * References 1946 births 2002 deaths South African Army generals South African military personnel of the Border War South African people of Portuguese descent {{SouthAfrica-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32 Battalion (South Africa)
32 Battalion (sometimes nicknamed '' Buffalo Battalion'', ''Three-two battalion'' or pt, Os Terríveis for ''The Terrible Ones'') was a light infantry battalion of the South African Army founded in 1975, composed of black and white commissioned and enlisted personnel. It was disbanded on 26 March 1993. History Military refugees After the victory of the ''Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola'' (MPLA) in the Angolan War of Independence in 1975, many troops of its main rival, the ''Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola'' (National Liberation Front of Angola, FNLA), found refuge in the then South African-controlled South West Africa. Formation of Bravo Group From these troops, Colonel Jan Breytenbach together with Commandant Sybie van der Spuy formed a unit that was initially known as Bravo Group but later renamed 32 Battalion. Initially, Bravo Group consisted of two infantry companies, a mortar platoon, an anti-tank section and a machine gun platoon, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Army Generals
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Births
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Viljoen
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Gert C Nel
Gert is a mainly masculine given name ( short form of Gerrit, Gerard, etc.) with some female bearers (short for Gertrude). Since 1993 no one in Sweden has been baptised as Gert according to the Swedish Bureau of Census, so the name is becoming increasingly rare. In 2010 around 12,000 in Sweden had the name as their first name according to the same source. Gert is most common in Sweden among males over 50 years of age. Around 400 females in Sweden have Gert as their first name according to the Swedish Bureau of Census. It may refer to: Men *Gert Aandewiel (born 1969), Dutch football player and manager *Gert Alberts (1836–1927), South African Voortrekker * Gert Andersen (born 1939), Danish handball player *Gert Bals (1936–2016), Dutch footballer *Gert Bastian (1923–1992), German military officer and politician *Gert Bender (born 1948), German motorcycle racer *Gerrit Gert van den Berg (cyclist) (1903-?), Dutch cyclist *Gerrit Gert van den Berg (politician) (born 1935), Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Le Roux
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Hattingh Pretorius
Lieutenant General Hattingh Pretorius (1942–2008) was a South African military commander, who held the post of Chief of the South African Army November 1, 1993December 31, 1994. Awards and decorations * * * * * * * * * See also *List of South African military chiefs This article lists the South African military chiefs. From 1958 until the first democratic general election in 1994, the present-day South African National Defence Force was known as the South African Defence Force. From 1912 to 1958, the mili ... * South African Army References 1942 births 2008 deaths Afrikaner people South African military personnel of the Border War Chiefs of the South African Army {{SouthAfrica-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick Mgwebi
Lieutenant General Derrick Mgwebi (born 1956) is a South African military commander, serving as Director of the Joint Operations Division. Military career He served as Commander of the United Nations Operation in Burundi in 2004. He also served as General Officer Commanding, Mpumalanga Command, after which he was appointed General Officer Commanding South African Army Infantry Formation. Before taking over at Joint Operations he was the Chief of Human Resources for the SANDF. He was Force Commander of the United Nations MONUSCO The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO, an acronym based on its French name , is a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which was estab ... mission to the DRC from December 2015 to January 2018. Awards and decorations * * * * * * * * * * * African Union Medal for Intervention in Burundi Proficiency and Qualification badges * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Transvaal Command
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Reginald Otto
Lieutenant General Reginald Otto (9 July 1943 – 5 July 2022) was a South African military commander, who held the post of Chief of the South African Army. Military career He joined the South African Army in 1964 after completing his schooling at Trumpsburg High School. After Officer training at the Army Gymnasium he was appointed a 2nd lieutenant in 1 Special Service Battalion. He became Officer Commanding of 1 Special Service Battalion in January 1976. He also commanded the School of Armour from 11 January 1981 to 18 December 1983. He was promoted to Brigadier and OC Orange Free State Command. He was later promoted to Major general and GOC Eastern Transvaal Command.http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1992/12/4/9/19.html Awards and decorations General Otto was awarded the following: * * * * * * * * * * * * See also *List of South African military chiefs *South African Army The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
