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,...
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...
