Jan Dirk Breytenbach was a South African Special Forces military officer and author of military books. He is best known as the first commander of 1 Reconnaissance Commando, South Africa's first special forces unit. In his long career, he served in the Suez Crisis, the Biafran War, the South African Border War, and the Angolan Civil War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement. He died on 16 June 2024, at the age of 91.
General Constand Laubscher Viljoen was a South African Army officer and politician. He co-founded the Afrikaner Volksfront and later founded the Freedom Front. He is partly credited with having prevented the outbreak of armed violence by disaffected white South Africans prior to post-apartheid general elections.
Lieutenant General Reginald Otto was a South African military commander, who held the post of Chief of the South African Army.
Major General Roy Cecil Andersen is a South African businessman and a retired Reserve general officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He matriculated from Northview High School and graduated from Witwatersrand University.
Deon Holtzhausen was a general officer in the South African Army and general officer commanding the South African Army Artillery Formation. and later the chief of army force structure on the staff on the Chief of the Army.
Brigadier Helm Roos (1930–1992) was a senior officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He was a qualified Army Air Observation Pilot who served as OC 7 Division and Western Province Command before his retirement in the seventies.
Andre van Deventer was a South African Army officer who served as the Chief of Staff Finance from 1976 to 1979 and later Secretary of the State Security Council until 1985.
Lieutenant General Phil du Preez is a former Anti-Aircraft officer of the South African Army.
Lieutenant General Christoffel Pierre "Joffel" van der Westhuizen is a South African Army general from the artillery, who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence for the Defence Force from 1991 – 1994.
Brig Gen Carel Laubscher was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.
Brig. Gen. Khaya Makina was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He was born in New Brighton location in Port Elizabeth on 6 June 1964. He matriculated from Khwezi Lomso High School in 1982. He joined the uMkhonto we Sizwe and went into exile in the Kingdom of Lesotho and later in the Republic of Angola where he completed military training.
Major General Paul Lombard was an artillery officer who completed the British Army Staff Course during 1967. He qualified as an Army Air Observation Pilot at the Central Flying School SAAF in Dunnottar. He served as the Chief of Army Staff Planning (GS6) in the South African Defence Force from 1991.
Brig Gen Chris Roux was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.
Maj Gen Koos Laubscher was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.
Col Jakes Jacobs was a South African Army officer from the artillery.
Col Maarten Schalekamp was an officer in the South African Army from the artillery.
Col Dawid Schoonwinkel was an artillery officer in the South African Army.
Col Theuns Coetzee is a South African Army officer from the artillery who was decorated for valour.
Brigadier General Felix Hurter was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He was born in Port Elizabeth on 28 June 1942.
Maj Gen Chris le Roux is a retired General Officer from the South African Army. He was born in Dundee and matriculated from Pinetown Boys' High School in 1963.
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