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Date: Sun 22/3/09 7:52PM From: Tom Knoesen Email: tomcat@mweb.com.na Message: 73247249 BA, 5 SAI Ladysmith, OPS Savannah 1975/76, and many more. Miss the good old days! |
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Date: Fri 20/3/09 3:02PM From: Deon Henery Email: transworld@skytec.co.za Message: Hi please if any person has old books about the SADF not in use please mail me. My son in 1SAI 2009 intake is a military freak and would like to read about all the things we did! Thanks! |
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Date: Fri 20/3/09 8:44AM From: Friedrich Giel Email: giel63@gmail.com Message: Rooies (contribution 330) my friend I think you have read to many grensvegter boekies. I can hardly believe that you took part in OPS PROTEA. Your force number is 84456995, but OPS PROTEA started on 23 August 1981 and ended on the 4 September 1981. I should know, because I did my time with SAW en Seuns from Jan 81 to Dec 82 |
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Date: Tue 17/3/09 7:20PM From: Deon Henery Email: transworld@skytec.co.za Message: 81242224GG Where on earth is all the 6SAI 1983 to 1985 Alpha Company troops Kpl. Nel, Lt. Simpson ,Neels Zwarts, Marius Lessingh, Sadie, vd Merwe, Staff Bicycle, Graham Smiton, and a great memory who we lost on the border Colin Dockril. We had a great time and my son joined the army at 1 SAI on 12 Jan 2009. Good luck to all of you! We can be proud fathers today. |
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Date: Mon 16/3/09 2:00AM From: Stuart Harper Email: saharper21@aol.com Message: Love this site. Served in the Marines 1989-1990. Would love to hear from anyone. Thanks for not letting the world forget what so many were never even aware of. My older brother Sean also served in the Marines 1981-1982 and saw action in SWA and Angola. To this day there are things about this war he wishes he could forget. Thanks again! |
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Date: Wed 11/3/09 7:51PM From: Alta Email: alta.visser@palama.gov.za Message: Haai julle! Het enig een van julle dalk saam met Andre Bisset en Dirk(ie) van Rensburg diens gedoen? Ek is op soek na fotos en of kontak besondehede van hulle. Moenie stres, hulle skuld nie onderhoud geld of iets nie..... |
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Date: Wed 11/3/09 7:50PM From: Glen Bolton Email: glennb@promasidor.com Message: 74436676KT - S.A. Engineering Corp and SAI. Reading all the messages on this site has taken me back 20 odd years! Although it was an awesome experience, God I hope that we never forget these experiences and that our children never have to go through what we went through especially once we were married and had families that we had to leave behind every time we did a camp. Please keep this site running its so good to revisit it once in a while. |
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Date: Tue 10/3/09 7:04PM From: Malcolm Weiss Email: gurubok@hotmail.co.uk Message: 80463961BG - Was at Infantry School, Oudtshoorn and 201BN Omega in 1988/9. Taught at the Omega Bushman School. Would particularly like to meet Jannie Kruger from Natal who also was with me at the same time. Experienced implementation of Resolution 435 and the arrival of the UNTAG forces in April 1989. A fascinating experience. |
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Date: Tue 10/3/09 6:56PM From: Eugene Email: tvzllc@gmail.com Message: 3 SAI Potch, Jan 84 to Dec 85, O-Company 81mm mortars section, 82220013BG, we did duties in SWA Nepara, Opuwa and Rundu. I would like to get in touch with my army buddies. Thanks for this site! |
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Date: Mon 9/3/09 8:11AM From: Gerdus Maree Email: gerhardtfr@telkomsa.net Message: 79342135BG - 1982 - 1983. Did Basics in 4SAI Middelburg and then off to Infantery Skool Oudshoorn, Charlie Company - what a year, but it prepared us well for the next year! Looking for my old buddy Gerrit Otto. Second year served with 203 Battalion (Bushmans) having our Base at Nhoma during 1983. Operated in Sector 20 mostly on the 17.30 and 18 Degree "kaplyne" to cover the infiltration routes. Ops Bases were Nepara and Mpungu Vlei. Petrus Germishuys (384) and Kobus Le grange (306) please e-mail me as I would like to share experiences of 203 Battalion. These two years are still constantly in my mind and over the years all the bad experiences have faded and only the good ones remain. Well done to all the other boys! |
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Date: Thu 26/2/09 11:39AM From: Craig Email: craigo@europassistance.co.za Message: The dust has settled, the memory fades and foes are now comrades. Things change, but never forget the fallen and to the SWAGM who's name is not in stone. You who fell are remembered! EX 10BN SWATF |
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Date: Sun 22/2/09 5:36PM From: Robert Bonus Email: robert.bonus@gmail.com Message: 85281343BT 87-89 Intake 6SAI, then to 4SAI. Two week crash course as a gunner. 20A was our call sign. LT Sandman the Bev, Tokkie {ONTONG}the driver. Eenhana, Ondangwa, Miers Hoop, Walvis Bay are a few places we were. I would like to hear from anyone. Anyone remember a CW Bakkes?? |
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Date: Tue 17/2/09 8:33PM From: Bryce Beckingham Email: foxbat45@ananzi.co.za Message: 86358207BG. 2nd LT. 5 SAI, Oudtshoorn, Swaziland, Mozambique, WP Reaction Force. 1989/90. Thanks for the site, brings back serious memories. To those who put their lives on the line you are not forgotten. We fought the good fight and won. Here's to the best bush fighters in the world... SADF. |
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Date: Thu 12/2/09 3:58PM From: Rennie Van Dillen Email: valuehomes1@telkomsa.net Message: 85606259BG - Served 1989 with 121 Battalion. Motorcycle Infantry. Great unit, great guys! Fallen to pieces now. Nice to read all your entries. Good luck! |
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Date: Wed 4/2/09 11:43AM From: Mauveen Email: mauveen@hsshopfitters.co.za Message: I happened to come along this site while looking for pictures for my son in Gr. 4, who is doing a speech on his role model "SOLDIERS". It brings back a lot of memories for me because my 3 brothers were in the SADF and so was my husband all those years ago. It was sad times for the family to see their loved ones going off to fight to protect them. To all the men (and women) who did it back in those years, THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AFTER ME AND MY FAMILY. I WAS AND STILL AM PROUD OF YOU ALL! |
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Date: Tue 27/1/09 9:14AM From: John Kriel Email: john@autotradesupplies.co.za Message: Aan alle SAW mense baie dankie vir die opofferinge wat julle tydens/na die bos oorlog gemaak het. Ek wil graag in verbinding tree met alle ou Groep 40 HK mense wat diens gedoen het in Nyanga waar ons operasioneel ontplooi was tydens die vroeë negentigs todat die eenheid ontbind was. |
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Date: Wed 21/1/09 2:19PM From: Paul Widd Email: paulw@wandr.co.uk Message: Great site which brings back many memories (6SAI 07/85 - 07/87 - B Coy). Most of my intake were naturalised immigrants. Can anyone tell me when the act for naturalisation for 18 - 25 year olds became law and were you given a naturalisation certificate? |
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Date: Mon 19/1/09 11:12AM From: Peter Radloff Email: meercat2200@yahoo.com Message: What a great site and also brings back many memories of those "Army Days". I did basics at 1 Maintenance Unit in Kimberley in Jan 1983 then did border duty at Sector 20 HQ from June 83 - Dec 84. I then joined permanent force in 1986 and served in the Ammunition Corps until Jan 1996 when I resigned and went to America. I was part of a contingent of guys who went to clear up all the left over ammo in Grootfontein between Feb and April 1989. Then again in Walvis Bay in Aug 1993. I did JL's at the School Of Artillery in 1989 from May till Nov 89. If anyone remembers those days please contact me. Thanks for a great site. I have a story at "Sentinel Projects. |
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Date: Thu 15/1/09 3:38AM From: Hein Lombard Email: hlombard@mts.net Message: Aan al daai manne wat die lekker dae deur gemaak het in die bos oorlog, geluk, jammer dinge het skeef geloop die laaste jare. 1987-1989. Well done! |
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Date: Wed 7/1/09 12:29AM From: Russell Email: talesta@shaw.ca Message: 74569880 Basics 1975 11 Commando Kimberley served with Durban Commando and Congella Regiment saw Oshivello, Bwabwata, Bogani, Rundu, tough times were easier with good friends, we served and gave of our youth. Live in Canada now. Great site, nice to know that somebody cared enough and that we and particularly those that paid the ultimate price are not completely forgotten. |
