by Hennie Heymans | Nov 24, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Military Personalities, Remembrance day, SA Air Force, SA Military History, South African Commonwealth War casualties buried across the World –, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South Africans in RAF
The story of Captain Kinnery, S.A.A.F. Abstract Captain John Frederick “Jack” Kinnery (1918–1944), born in London and raised in Johannesburg, trained as a surveyor before enlisting in the South African Air Force in 1940. Rising through the ranks from air gunner to...
by Hennie Heymans | Oct 16, 2025 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, 1966 Beginning of the Bush War, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Military History, SA Cape Corps, SA Military History, SACC - SAKK, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force
The Monument of the Forgotten Soldiers of the Cape Coloured Corps: Carnarvon Northern Cape THE MONUMENT OF THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS OF THE CAPE COLOURED CORPS: CARNARVON NORTHERN CAPE Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Introduction In the small town of Carnarvon in the...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 18, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, German Navy (U-Boats), Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Second World War: South Atlantic: Torpedoed Merchant ship SS Jeremiah Wadsworth MERCHANT SHIP SS JEREMIAH WADSWORTH Col William Marshall (SANDF – Ret) At 14h35 on 27 November 1942, the unescorted Merchant ship SS Jeremiah Wadsworth (Master Arnt Magnusdal) was...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 7, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, SA Military History, SAP Brigade, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
World War2: Grave Stone: No SAP198028 Constable JK Roberts (SAP Brigade): Cracow, Poland. GRAVE STONE: CONSTABLE JK ROBERTS (SAP BRIGADE) Wojciech Musial (From Poland) Mr Wojciech Musial from Poland contacted me and sent the following photo: No 20169 Constable JK...
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,...
