by Hennie Heymans | Jul 9, 2025 | Military History, 1966 Beginning of the Bush War, 1966 Ongulambashe, Angola, Animals & Mascots, Cold War, Military Personalities, Nature Conservation, SA Military History, SADF Special Forces, South African Defence Force
EUGLOGY: COL JAN BREYTENBACH (SADF) Passing of a Warrior: Jan Breytenbach By John Elsegood from Australia / October 17, 2024 (Republished with permission) Photos by Alex Faria South Africa’s most decorated combat soldier, Colonel Jan Breytenbach, has died in his...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 3, 2025 | Military History, Military writers & authors, Paul Els (military author), SA Military History
PAUL ELS: SA MILITARY WRITER ELS GEE ’N STEM AAN VETERANE SE STRYD Elize Parker. Rekord 25/06/2025 (Met vergunning van Rekord) Paul J. Els skryf nie boeke om helde van soldate te maak nie. Hy skryf om die waarheid te bewaar. Sy werk is ‘n monument vir diegene...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 3, 2025 | SA Military History, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, SA War Graves / SA Oorlogsgrafte, SAP Brigade, SAP History / Geskiedenis, Union Defence Force (1912)
FOLLOW UP: GRAVE: J “PIET” ZULU Grave: Private J Zulu: N12401: Native Military Corps: S.A Forces, Tobruk. Brig HB Heymans (SAP – Ret) & Capt C Ross (SA Navy – Ret) Refer to:...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 28, 2025 | 2nd South African Division, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Military History, SA Military History, SAP Brigade, SAP Colours - Vaandel, SAP Commissioners, SAP History / Geskiedenis
WW2: TO EVERY MEMBER OF 1 SAP Brig HB Heymans 1 SAP 2 SA Div 30 Corps Brig FW Cooper, DSO – later honorary Major-General – and in life Quartermaster of the SA Police. Brig Hayton – Brigadier Alexander Alfred Hayton VD DSO (1894 – 1977 (aged 82–83)) was a...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 26, 2025 | Military History, 1914 - 1918 WW1, Military Mascots, SA Military History
JACKIE THE BABOON JACKIE, BILLY AND DINKS: THE BABOON, THE BOLD AND THE IMMORTAL © Dirk Danschutter, MMSc Degreed in Medical Sciences and in Medico-Social Sciences Summary In his historiographic review on South African Service Pets (in 1956), HH Curson explained that...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 25, 2025 | Transvaal Police (1900 - 1910), 1914 Rebellion, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Pretoria Central & Barracks
DEMOLITION: OLD SAP PRETORIA CENTRAL 1971: SAP PRETORIA: SLOPING: GESKIEDKUNDIGE OU KASERNE Brig HB Heymans (SAP – Afgetree). In die nuus van Noord-Transvaal lees ons: “Met die sloping van Ou Kaserne, Pretoriusstraat, Pretoria, het ‘n geskiedkundige plek nou sommer so...
