by Hennie Heymans | Aug 12, 2025 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Colonial Troops, Natal Police (Colony), Natal Police Memorials, SA Military History
1899 – 1902: Anglo Boer War Memorial Pietermaritzburg to Natal Police & Natal Troops ANGLO BOER WAR MEMORIAL PIETERMARITZBURG Memorial at Pietermaritzburg to Natal Police and Natal Troops who fell in the Anglo Boer War of 1899 – 1902. The only way to safeguard our...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 12, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Military History, POW's / Krygsgevangenes, SA Military History, SADF Special Forces, SAP Brigade, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force (1912)
FREDERIK JACOBUS WAGENAAR GELDENHUIS (MM) (MMM) (MID) – WO (UNION DEFENCE FORCE, SA POLICE & SADF – RET) FJW Geldenhuis—Oom Fred: A Tribute to a Quiet Hero Hennie Heymans RSM (Ret) FJW Geldenhuis, affectionately known as Oom Fred, was my friend. When he relocated...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 11, 2025 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, SAP Caprivi, SAP History / Geskiedenis
1971: IN REMEMBRANCE OF FALLEN POLICEMEN IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA: CONSTABLE JJ HENNING AND CONSTABLE WP DOBBIN Deon van Niekerk In June 2024, while photographing graves in the Greytown cemetery for the EGGSA Graves Project, I was asked about the resting place of young...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 11, 2025 | SAP - Durban, SAP Durban, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
“SHOCK TROOPS” IN DURBAN, 1973: PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE OF A HISTORICAL MOMENT “SHOCK TROOPS” IN DURBAN, 1973: PERSOONLIKE HERINNERING VAN ‘n HISTORIESE OOMBLIK Lt-Kol Piet-Patu van Zyl In Januarie 1973 het Durban die brandpunt geword van ’n reeks massiewe...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 11, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, SA Military History, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP King's Rest Durban, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force
CONSTABLE B CELE: SOUTH AFRICAN WW2 VETERAN (UNION DEFENCE FORCE) Moonlight and Memory: A Patrol in the Summer of ’65 Brig Hennie Heymans It was the summer of 1965. We reported for the night shift—21:45 to 06:00 the next morning. Sergeant W. “Tandjies” van der Merwe,...
