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 | 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,...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 6, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, German Army, Military writers & authors, Rhodesian Conflict, SA Air Force, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force
CAPTAIN KEITH COSTER, SAAF: PRISONER OF WAR: PART II (FINAL) Gerry van Tonder (© text) Continued from Part I, in which Lieutenant General Keith Coster, Commander of the Rhodesian Army, 1968–72, relates his experiences as a World War Two prisoner of war. Serving at the...
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 17, 2025 | 2nd South African Division, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Military History, SAP Commissioners, South African Police Brigade
17 JANUARY 1942: AXIS SURRENDER OF HALFAYA, QUALALA AND POINT 207 TO 1SAP Brig HB Heymans (SAP – Ret) The white flag depicted below came into my possession. After photographing certain parts I donated the flag to my friend, Dr Leon Wessels, whose father’s...
